The more than 2,000 Ming soldiers who intercepted the south gate were all killed, and the hundreds of thousands of Khitan troops trapped in the city were able to rush out and join the Khitan army outside the city. Then the army quickly moved south, preparing to retreat to Ander.

Suddenly, the sound of killing in all directions suddenly rose, and tens of thousands of Daming foot riders and the boundless Ming army surrounded and killed! The soldiers of the Khitan army were all shocked! I saw a dense rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun, and many Khitan troops fell in the middle! Xiao Gan couldn't help but shout: "Rush with me!" Then he led his men and horses straight to the south. The galloping Ming war cavalry was the first to kill, from the middle into the Khitan army, the iron hooves surged, the sword was bright and snowy, killing the Khitan soldiers on their backs, the Khitan soldiers only cared about fleeing for their lives at this time, and had no intention of fighting, and the Ming war cavalry cut the Khitan army into two sections like a hot knife cutting cream.

Immediately, hundreds of thousands of military troops besieged and killed the Khitan army in the encirclement, and the regular troops of the Khitan army could still resist desperately, but those civilian troops were like sheep that had encountered wolves.

Xiao Gan saw that the rear team was surrounded by the other party, and immediately led the troops that had already broken out of the encirclement to turn around and counterattack the Ming army. This was beyond the expectations of the Ming army, coupled with the fact that almost all of the hundreds of thousands of troops here were military troops, lacking war experience and adaptability, in the face of Xiao Gan's sudden move, he panicked and was disrupted by Xiao Gan's indefatigable situation! Xiao Gan couldn't leave seeing that the situation was turning in his favor, so he wanted to take the opportunity to fight back! However, under the desperate impact of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, such an attempt is difficult to achieve! Xiao Gan was worried that he would be caught up by the main force of the Ming Dynasty that had entered the city, so he didn't dare to delay longer, so he quickly led the army to the south! ……

The war has finally come to an end. The corpses in the city are stuffed in the streets and alleys, and the corpses outside the city are all over the field, in this battle, although the Ming army won, but also suffered a lot of losses, and although the Khitan army lost, it has done its best.

The battle was over, the Ming army began to clean up the battlefield, and groups of prisoners were escorted to a military camp in the city of the former Khitan army, and it was a huge project to clean up the corpses that filled the streets and alleys.

Ya Yu Guanyin rode back to Yang Peng's side and said; "Big brother, I was run away by Xiao Gan."

Yang Peng said: "This Xiao Gan is inseparable from some ability, and in this case, he can actually escape with some soldiers and horses." Looking at Ya Yu Guanyin, "I don't care about him now, he has suffered a new defeat, and all his baggage and materials have been lost, and it is impossible to make a move in a short period of time!" Guanyin, you lead the Khitan army to stay in Xingzhong Mansion, and I will lead all the other soldiers and horses back to Dading Mansion to deal with Brother Yehu. Yayo Kannon nodded.

At this moment, a carrier pigeon hovered down from the sky and landed in front of Yang Peng. Li Lang immediately stepped forward, grabbed the carrier pigeon, took the note tied to its leg, and presented it to Chen Xiao.

Yang Peng took the note and read it, and couldn't help frowning slightly. Ye Yu Guanyin and the others were very familiar with Yang Peng's character, and knew that ordinary things would not cause the slightest reaction from him, but at this time, he actually frowned, which showed that the matter was only very serious.

Yang Peng put down the note and said to the generals: "Continue to clean up the battlefield." General Gao, Guanyin, Mei'er, you come with me. Everyone clasped their fists and promised.

Yang Peng led the three of them to the side and said, "The flying pigeon sent by Li Xu has lost Dading Mansion. The crowd was shocked. Gao Hu said in disbelief: "This can't be!" Although the army led by Ye Hu Xiu Ge is huge, the second army of Li Xu's department is the elite of our Ming army, and there are a large number of military troops to assist from the side, relying on Da Ding Mansion to strengthen the city, how can it not resist Ye Hu Xiu Ge's attack! Even if you can't resist it, you won't be contributed so quickly! Yelu Guanyin and Yelu Hanyu also looked puzzled.

Yang Peng said: "Li Xu said in his letter that the nobles of Dading Mansion secretly gathered together to cooperate with the Khitan army, so the city will be lost!" Seeing that Gao Hu was still able to speak, he waved his hand and said: "Things have developed to this point, and it doesn't matter what the reason is!" Dading Mansion has been lost, but fortunately, Li Xu's troops and horses have not suffered much losses, and they have successfully retreated to Quannong. Brother Ye Hugo left 100,000 soldiers and horses to guard the Dading Mansion, and since he led a large army to the east, he must have wanted to attack and destroy us without leaving Xiao Gan. ”

Ye Yu Guanyin pondered: "If you say this, Ye Yu Xiu Ge still doesn't know the news of the loss of Xingzhong Mansion and the defeat of Xiao Gan. Looking at Yang Peng, "Big brother, we can take advantage of this." ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "I think so too." Since Brother Ye Hugh did not know the news of Xiao Gan's defeat and escape, we took this opportunity to march westward and strive to defeat Brother Ye Hu in one go. Looking at Ya Hu Guanyin, "Guanyin, you stay in Xingzhong Mansion, and I will deal with Ye Hu Huge." Jerehume nodded thoughtfully.

The military situation was like fire, and without further ado, Yang Peng led the army that had just ended a vicious battle to leave Xingzhong Mansion and march west.

It is said that after Brother Ye Hu captured Dading Mansion, he immediately left 100,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Dading Mansion, and he led the main force to the east, planning to attack the east and west with Xiao Gan's army to completely eliminate the main force of Daming. He only felt that victory was in sight, and his heart was full of excitement. In fact, it's not just Brother Hugh, hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers can be said to be full of morale at the moment! The army is rolling east, and everyone just wants to completely defeat the Ming army in one battle!

That night, Yehu Hugo led a large army into Wending County. The gate of Wending County was wide open, and the officials and people in the city all disappeared. Yehu Hugo originally wanted to kill and plunder to punish the officials and citizens who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but since the people had fled, this idea could not be put into practice.

The army rested overnight in Wending County, and then continued to march eastward. After Fushu County, the army approached Jianzhou City.

Just as the army was marching rapidly, they actually saw their own routs one after another on the road. When he saw this, he was greatly surprised, and immediately ordered a few routs to be brought. After inquiry, I learned that Xingzhong Mansion had been broken by the Ming army, and Xiao Gan did not leave the fact that the general had fled to Andezhou in the south. Yelu Hugo and the others were shocked, and they couldn't believe the news.

Since they couldn't believe it, they suspected that these defeated soldiers were deliberately released by the Ming Dynasty, so they ordered them to be tortured. Pity these Khitan soldiers finally escaped the pursuit of the Ming army, but they were tortured to death by their own people, the scene was a wail, and everyone begged for mercy. Ye Hu Xiu Ge kept asking for the truth, but these Khitan soldiers were originally real Khitan soldiers, and what they said was true, so naturally there would not be the 'truth' that Ye Hu Xiu hoped for. Yehu Hugo still couldn't believe it, and he was suspicious in his heart, so Yehu Hugo ordered the army to stop on the spot, and at the same time sent scouts to the east Xingzhong Mansion to investigate.

Soon after, the news came, Xingzhong Mansion was really lost, Xiao Gan Buli and Xiao Sa Liyu General had led the remnants of the defeated army to flee to Andezhou in the south, and at the same time brought another news, Emperor Yang Peng of the Ming Dynasty was leading a large army to the east,

Yehu Hugo was shocked and couldn't help but be a little flustered. Han Chang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the marshal and the general are all defeated, the situation is not good, let's retreat quickly!" ”

Xian Ye persuaded: "Your Majesty, we can't retreat, we should continue to attack!" ”

Han Chang glared at the oblique and said angrily: "The enemy army has just been defeated and will not leave, and the momentum is in full swing, and our army has just gone through a long journey, and it is difficult to meet the battle rashly!" Then he said to Brother Yehu: "Your Majesty, we should immediately retreat to Dading Mansion, stabilize the battle line first, and then plot other things!" He glanced at Han Chang and said in a weird manner: "You are a Han person, of course I hope that the Han people occupy Xingzhong Mansion!" ”

Han Chang was shocked and angry, and hurriedly bowed to Brother Yehu; "Your Majesty, the last general will be loyal to the Great Liao Empire and Your Majesty, and you can show it every day, please let Your Majesty know it!"

Brother Yahu said gently: "General Han is loyal and brave, and I naturally know it. Then Chong Xian also shouted: "How can you guess General Han for no reason? Apologize to General Han! Xian was also very dissatisfied, but His Majesty's words could not be ignored, so he had to reluctantly rush to Xian Ye and said: "I'm sorry! Han Chang was very useless in his heart, but since His Majesty ordered him to apologize, he could be regarded as earning enough face, so he also said dryly: "You don't have to be polite, general, I don't dare to be it!" Slanted and didn't say anything more. This matter can be regarded as a matter of the past.

Ye Hugo pondered: "Han Chang is right, the development of the battle situation far exceeded our army's expectations, but our army's capture of Dading Mansion must also greatly exceed the expectations of the Ming people. Although the Ming army is heavy, most of them are just military forces with weak combat power, while the 500,000 people of our army are all elites of a hundred battles, and they are facing each other in battle, I am afraid that our army is stronger! The Khitan generals howled one after another, like excited beasts.

There was an impulsive light in Brother Ye's eyes, and he said, "If Yang Peng and them are stationed in Xingzhong Mansion, it will be a little difficult for me to do it!" Since they have left Xingzhong Mansion and come to the west, it is a great time to annihilate them in one fell swoop! I can't miss it! Glancing at the generals, he said, "I have made up my mind!" Gather and annihilate the Ming army under the city of Jianzhou! Then he said to a pro-soldier officer beside him: "You immediately send someone to rule Xiao Gan, tell him my plan, and ask him to lead all the soldiers and horses to the north and cut off the road for the Ming army to retreat to Xingzhong Mansion." The officer answered and ran down.

Brother Yahu asked Xie, "How many enemy troops are there in Jianzhou City?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are only 10,000 Ming regular troops and 10,000 military government troops in Jianzhou City."

Brother Yahu smiled, "Okay, very. Xianye, you lead your subordinates to advance first and take Jianzhou City for me! Diagonal also excitedly agreed. Ye Hugo's plan was to first take the weak Jianzhou City, and then rely on the Jianzhou City to stalemate with the coming Ming army, and wait until Xiao Gan did not leave the department to cut off the back road of the Ming army retreating into Xingzhong Mansion, and then launched a full-scale attack to eliminate the Ming army in a battle.

After Xiao Gan did not leave Sali and retreated from Xingzhong Mansion, he led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Andezhou. Counting the losses, the army lost more than half, especially those civilian troops that were put together temporarily, 500,000, there were less than 100,000 left, the remnants of the defeated generals totaled 1780,000 horses, low morale, lack of food and grass, and a great shortage of ordnance and armor (many soldiers, especially those civilian soldiers, only cared about fleeing for their lives all the way, and threw away all the weapons and armor that got in the way), but they finally escaped, and everyone felt very lucky.

The army was stationed in Andezhou, and Xiao Gan sent scouts to the north to investigate the movements of the Ming army, and on the other hand, he ordered Sa to drink and collect grain and grass nearby.

Andezhou, in the south of Xingzhong Mansion straight line distance 80 miles, not far from Xiaoling River, because it is the traffic throat connecting Jinzhou to Xingzhong Mansion to Shangjing Road, so the business is prosperous, it is very rich, the businessmen and wealthy households in the city gather, very lively. However, as soon as Xiao Gan did not leave the nearly 200,000 army, he immediately broke the local peace, and the Khitan soldiers who lacked food and clothing broke into the houses to rob money and grain, and even raped ** women.

Soon after, the scouts sent to reconnoiter the movements of the Ming army returned, reporting that the Ming army had marched westward to meet His Majesty's army.

A few days later, a message came from Brother Hugh, telling Xiao Gan and Xiao Sa to drink that he had captured the Dading Mansion, and told the two that he had led the army and the next strategy, so that Xiao Gan Buli and Xiao Sa Liyu immediately set up troops to go north, cut off the passage between the main force of the Ming Dynasty and the Xingzhong Mansion, and must cooperate with the main force to annihilate the main force of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

The two of them were naturally overjoyed to receive such a message, but then they were in trouble, and Xiao Gan said to the messenger: "Our army has suffered heavy losses, and although some of the grain and grass baggage have been collected from the local area, it is not enough to support the army's attack." Please report our troubles to Your Majesty! The messenger said with a look of distress: "Great Marshal, Your Majesty is determined to completely defeat the Ming Dynasty in one battle!" If this plan cannot be realized because of the situation on the marshal's side, I am afraid that neither the marshal nor the general will be able to escape responsibility! The marshal, the general, or no matter what, overcome the difficulties and help His Majesty complete the plan! ”

The two glanced at each other, and both thought that they had lost Xingzhong Mansion in this defeat, and His Majesty did not blame it, but it can be said that it was a great grace, if even His Majesty's order could not be completed, it would be a shame to His Majesty, that is, His Majesty is still forgiving, and he has no place to be ashamed! As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Gan said to the messenger: "Although we are in great difficulty, since Your Majesty has an order, we will definitely carry it out even if we are broken to pieces!" Xiao Sali on the side nodded. The messenger rejoiced: "In that case, I will return to my life." Then he saluted Xiao Gan and Xiao Sali, and left quickly.

Xiao Sali frowned, and said to Gan Lian: "Dashuai, although we have collected grain and grass from the local area, these grains and grass are still far from enough!" ”

Xiao Gan said: "At this moment, we can only overcome the difficulties and dispatch some troops to the north first." Just cut off the connection between the main force of the Ming Dynasty and the Xingzhong Mansion, but there is no need to send too many troops. I think I'll send all the horses first. Xiao Sali pondered: "There are probably more than 30,000 cavalry left in our army, and if two-thirds of the grain and grass are transferred, they should be able to support them for half a month." But we have even more food and grass here. The grain and grass of the people in Ande Prefecture have basically been collected, and it is difficult to collect grain and grass from the people. ”

Xiao Gan said, "I was about to tell you about this. There was no grain in Ande Prefecture, so he asked the surrounding states and counties to collect grain and grass and transport it. Xiao Sali's eyes lit up and said; It's a good idea! If we collect grain and grass from neighboring states and counties, our problem should be solved. ”

Xiao Gan frowned and said, "Compared to grain and grass, what I'm most worried about is the matter of ordnance and armor. Xiao Sa couldn't help but show a worried look when he drank it, "Yes, this defeat, the ordnance and armor have suffered heavy losses, and the ordnance and armor of all armies are not neat, not to mention the civilian army, almost all of them are left alone." Fortunately, the cavalry equipment was quite neat. ”

Xiao Gan did not leave Xiao Sali and shouted: "I personally led the cavalry to cut off the connection between the main force of the Ming Dynasty and Xingzhong Mansion, you stay here, while preparing grain and grass, while raising ordnance, come to support me as soon as possible." Xiao Sali bowed down and promised. He said: "This battle is very important to the future and fate of the two of us, and to the prosperity and decline of our Great Liao Empire, I hope you will go all out and not slack off!" Xiao Sali nodded and said, "Don't worry, I understand all this!" ”

Soon after, Xiao Gan led more than 30,000 cavalry to leave Bei'an Prefecture and go north to carry out the orders of Ye Hugo.

At the same time, Yehu Hugo was leading a large army to storm Jianzhou, hundreds of thousands of troops rushed into Jianzhou City like a sea, and the waves crashed on the shore, which made people worry that Jianzhou City would suddenly collapse in the next moment! However, the defense of the Ming army was unexpectedly tenacious, and after each monstrous wave, it was the Ming soldiers who stood on the top of the city! The Khitan soldiers are still swooping non-stop, the Ming soldiers are sacrificing their lives to fight, and the corpses are already piling up under the city wall, and the flesh and blood are still flying on the heads! After two days like this, the Khitan army still failed to break through Jianzhou City, which was only guarded by 10,000 regular Ming troops and 10,000 military government troops.

The Khitan army temporarily retreated, and the Ming army took this opportunity to quickly repair the city walls, treat the wounded, and carry the corpses. Mu Hong stood on the city wall and looked at the Khitan army's camp outside the city, which stretched for more than ten miles, and his brows furrowed tightly.

An officer ran behind Mu Hong, clasped his fists and said: "General, today's casualty statistics have come out, our army's regular army has suffered more than 2,100 casualties, of which more than 1,320 have been killed, and the military government army has suffered more than 4,000 casualties, including more than 2,000 killed, and the military army has almost lost its combat effectiveness." "The Ming army guarding Jianzhou is 10,000 regular troops plus 10,000 military government troops, this officer reported the casualties of this day, and the casualties of the previous day were similar to this day, the two days combined, the military army casualties of nearly 9,000 people, so it has basically lost its combat effectiveness.

Mu Hong just said yes, and didn't say anything else.

The officer couldn't help but say, "General, judging from the situation yesterday and today, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for long." ”

Mu Hong turned his head to look at the officer, his expression was as hard as steel, and said, "If you can't hold on, you have to persevere!" This is the task given to us by His Majesty! If our Ming soldiers can't complete the task, then they will die on the battlefield! The officer's eyes couldn't help but show excitement, and he promised to do so.

Turning his head to look at the military camp of the Khitan army outside the city, he said lightly: "As a soldier, isn't it our fate and glory to die on the battlefield?" ”

In the big tent of the Khitan army, Ye Hugo was furious: "There is only one Jianzhou city, there are only 20,000 enemy troops, and they have fought for two days, and they still can't capture so many soldiers and horses!" What do you eat? All the generals hung their heads and did not speak, but they were a little depressed in their hearts, they could be said to have done their best in the two days of attack, but the enemy army was very tenacious, so although they suffered heavy losses, they did not break through the city as expected!

General Han Chang said: "Your Majesty, our army has been attacking fiercely for two consecutive days, and the enemy army will inevitably suffer huge losses, I think it will take another day or two to break through the city!" The generals chimed in.

Brother Ye Hugh snorted, although there was an evil fire in his heart that wanted to vent, he also knew that they were really not to blame for this. He has seen the battle of these two days with his own eyes, and his own soldiers have already fought with all their might, and many generals have taken the lead in attacking the city but died on the head of the city! However, such a strong and ferocious attack could not shake the opponent's defense, why were these Yanyun people's will so strong?

Ye Hugo reluctantly suppressed the evil fire in his heart, and said to the generals: "We don't have a lot of time, we must capture Jianzhou tomorrow!" Otherwise, the main force of the Ming Dynasty led by Yang Peng will arrive. At that time, it would be much more difficult for our army to destroy the main force of the Ming Dynasty as planned! The generals promised one after another, vowing to fight for their lives tomorrow and not to capture Jianzhou City.

Ye Hugh's plan was to capture Jianzhou first, and then trap the main Ming army led by Yang Peng in the wasteland outside Jianzhou City, and at the same time cut off the road for the main Ming force to retreat to Xingzhong Mansion with Xiao Gan and Xiao Sali, so that within a few days, there was no need to attack, and the trapped Ming army was trapped to death. But if you can't seize Jianzhou in time, after the main force of the Ming Dynasty comes, you can first have a city to rely on, far stronger than being trapped in the wilderness, and Jianzhou is the grain and grass transit base of the Ming army, which hoards a large amount of grain and grass, and the Ming army has to be supplied, and it is impossible to trap the Ming army at least for a short time. The battle that followed was bound to be extremely difficult, and it was difficult to predict where the battle would ultimately go. Therefore, in Yeyerhugo's plan, the seizure of the state was a very crucial link.

After redeploying and resting, the Khitan army launched a simultaneous onslaught from the east, west, and south in the early morning of the next day. The offensive was like a tide, like a landslide, and the Khitan soldiers roared like beasts, constantly swooping down on the city wall. The ant-like Khitan soldiers kept climbing the wall, and on the three walls there were only crowds of people, flesh and blood flying, soldiers rolled down from the city, and the generals fell in the mountains of guns and knives, and the roars that were more terrible than beasts resounded in the sky one after another.

Gradually, the Ming army is about to be unable to support it! There are too many Khitan troops, and although the Ming army is strong, it can't resist the endless enemy army! As the saying goes, although the tiger is strong, it can't stand the wolves!

Seeing that his army was about to break through the city in an instant, Yeyhugo couldn't help but show excitement in his eyes, and turned his head and shouted at the cavalry: "As soon as the city gate is opened, charge immediately!" The commander of the cavalry replied loudly. Immediately, he said to the other generals: "You all lead your troops to block the four gates, don't get away with one, I will kill them all!" ”

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