Chapter 889, Anti-Plot

The generals urged the soldiers to prepare for battle, and the city walls were busy.

Immediately, I saw that the camp of the Ming army was wide open, and the Ming army poured into the camp like a tide and rushed towards the side of the city pass, and the rumbling sound was earth-shattering.

"Prepare for battle!" General Han Chang roared sharply, the Khitan soldiers are also elite divisions, the crossbowmen go to the front, bend the bow and arrows ready to fire, and the sword and shield commanders are lined up in the back to prepare for fighting.

Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops approached about 400 steps to the city pass, stopped, and lined up in a siege battle array. Immediately, the sound of war drums stopped, the horn sounded loudly, and I saw a Ming war cavalry of thousands of people rushing out of the Ming army formation and rushing towards Chengguan. The Khitan generals ordered the crossbowmen to prepare for fire. Seeing that the Ming war cavalry with thousands of people was galloping towards him, he immediately bent his bow and arrows and shot many arrows at the head of the city, and then turned his horse's head and drove away in the dust.

Han saw that the arrows that landed at his feet were different, so he immediately bent down and picked them up, and saw that there were letters tied to the shaft of the arrows. Immediately took down the letter and read it, his face changed, and he immediately shouted at the generals around him: "If the order goes down, no one is allowed to pick up the arrow book, and those who violate the order will be punished as collaborating with the enemy!" The generals immediately rushed down and ordered the officers and soldiers to hand in the arrow books. However, the contents of the arrow book still spread among the officers and soldiers, and at the same time, various rumors also spread among the army.

Later that day, the Khitan army stayed behind and convened the generals to discuss the enemy's strategy.

On the spot, a general Da Lazy asked Han Chang: "Han Chang, what is the content of the arrow book?" Everyone looked at Han Chang with questioning eyes, even Ye Yan Hongyan was no exception.

Han Chang was shocked, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this is obviously a counter-plot of the Ming Dynasty, my lord, you must know it!" ”

Ye Yan said: "Of course I know that this is a counter-plot, it can't be more obvious!" But after all, you are a Han Chinese, and it is inevitable that the soldiers will be suspicious, so you must be careful in everything you do, so as not to misunderstand! Han Chang was depressed and resigned.

Ye Yan Hongyan glanced at everyone and said, "The Ming army is pressing, what can you do?" Da lazy said: "Our army is not less than the enemy, the enemy army must be tired all the way, it is better to take advantage of this time to fight the whole army to counterattack the enemy, and it will definitely be broken in one fell swoop!" ”

Han Chang couldn't help but object: "You can't attack!" The Ming army is extraordinary, although it comes from afar, it is not easy to deal with! I am afraid that it is Yang Peng's expectation to attack rashly, if the war is lost, the city pass is bound to be difficult to guard, and the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Da Lazy was furious, and immediately pointed at Han Chang and shouted: "You are obviously helping the prestige of the Ming people!" You, a Han person, have long harbored different aspirations! ”

When Han Chang heard such words, how could he not be shocked and angry, and immediately said to Ye Yan: "My lord, the last general is naked about Da Liao, and please enlighten your lordship!" Han Chang hoped to hear a word of justice from Ye Yan Hongyan. Ye Yan Hongyan said ambiguously: "What General Da Lazy said is a bit excessive, why do you bother to take it to heart." When Han Chang heard this, he couldn't help but be disappointed.

Ye Yan Hongyan glanced at the generals and said, "Although there is some truth in General Dalazi's suggestion, the risk of this attack is still very great!" We should still be on the safe side. Your Majesty has already sent an order to appoint Sosuke Ya as the commander in this direction, and I will guard the city pass later, and then make plans after the arrival of the commander. In the meantime, let's do our part. The generals agreed.

After the meeting ended, Han Chang returned to his big tent, his brows furrowed.

The generals Li Yanqi and Zhao Fenglai walked in, saw Han Chang, and saluted together: "General." ”

Han Chang couldn't help but sigh and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that I, Han Chang, have worked hard for the Great Liao Empire for so many years, but in the end I was treated as an outsider!" ”

The two generals glanced at each other, and Li Yanqi said indignantly: "Who said it wasn't!" Now rumors are spreading in the army, saying that we, the Han people, and the Ming army are the same race, and we must be suspicious! Zhao Fenglai frowned and said: "The Khitan people are already suspicious of us Han people, and today's Ming Dynasty's arrow book has completely exploded the suspicion in their hearts!" Da Ming's treacherous trick is really too ruthless! Li Yanqi said: "If the Khitan people put their hearts into us, what is the use of the Ming army sending tens of thousands of arrow letters?" It's clear that it's because I don't trust us for a long time, that's why I behaved so unkindly after seeing the content of the Arrow Book! Zhao Fenglai nodded sympathetically.

Han Chang sighed.

Li Yanqi and Zhao Fenglai glanced at each other, and Zhao Fenglai couldn't help but say: "General, since the Khitans no longer regard us as their own, why should we work for them?" ”

Han Chang's heart moved, he glanced at Zhao Fenglai, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhao Fenglai said: "General, we are Han people, so we simply defected to the Han people. Li Yanqi nodded.

Han Chang frowned tightly and did not speak.

The two generals couldn't help but see that Han Chang didn't say anything, and couldn't help but become anxious, Li Yanqi hurriedly said: "General, the Khitans are suspicious of us, it's not that we want to betray them, it's really forced by the situation!" If we continue to stay here, I'm afraid that sooner or later we will be killed by the Khitans! As the saying goes, if a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, why should we still be nostalgic here! ”

Han Chang shook his head slowly, frowned, and said, "I can't betray Your Majesty!" I believe that Your Majesty must still believe in us! After glancing at the two generals, Zhengse warned: "I don't want to hear those rebellious words just now, otherwise don't blame me for not being emotional!" The two generals were depressed and promised to please.

The two generals left the big tent, and Zhao Fenglai asked depressedly: "The general is still loyal to Brother Ye, what should I do?" Li Yanqi sighed and said angrily: "What can I do!" Since the general is unwilling, I have to listen to the general! ”

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, a group of Khitan army sentry horses wandered outside the pass. The reason why the sentinels were sent to wander outside the city pass in the middle of the night was naturally to prevent the sneak attack of the Ming army. Although Ye Yan Hongyan has limited ability, he also deeply knows the power of the Ming Army and Yang Peng, so when the Ming Army is pressing, he does not dare to slack off at all, and not only makes the city close to be vigilant every night, but also sends sentry cavalry to investigate the movements of the Ming Dynasty.

This group of Khitan sentry horses wandered near the Ming military camp, afraid of encountering the Ming sentry horses, and did not dare to continue to advance. The captain gestured to his men, then turned his horse and returned to the pass, followed by the sergeants.

"Look, Captain!" A soldier behind the captain suddenly pointed to the right and whispered. The captain looked in the direction of his finger and vaguely saw a knight speeding under the moon in the direction of Chengguan. couldn't help but feel moved, and said to the soldiers under him: "It seems to be a Ming man, let's catch him up, and the size is also a credit!" The sergeants applauded. The captain led his sergeants in pursuit.

The Ming knight galloped in front, looking sneaky. Suddenly spotted the pursuers behind him, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran eastward. The Khitan sentry cavalry never gave up. Suddenly, the Ming knight, who was running in front, fell forward with his horse and man, as if his mount was pouting. The Khitan sentry rode overjoyed, roared and rushed over, and surrounded the Ming Knights. The Ming knight immediately pulled out his waist knife, swept the cloud knife with both hands, and cut off the hooves of a Khitan cavalry who rushed up, and the war horse fell forward with a scream, and the Khitan army on his back fell down heavily. Before the Khitan army had time to get up, the Ming knight rushed forward in three steps and two steps, and cut off the head of the Khitan army with a knife in his hand.

Seeing that the other party was so strong, the Khitan knights were furious, and they roared forward one after another. The Ming knight cut down another Khitan knight, but he was hit by the Khitan army captain's horse, and the whole person was knocked out with a loud bang. Before he had time to get up, the Khitan army commander trampled on his horse, and the Ming knight died on the spot.

The Khitan army commander looked at the Ming knight who fell to the ground, and couldn't help but scold: "Now you can't be fierce!" Damn it! A soldier next to him said regretfully: "It's a pity that I didn't catch him alive!" The captain commanded, "Search it!" ”

When even two sergeants turned over and dismounted, one ran to the corpse of the Ming knight to search, and the other ran to the horse that knelt on the ground and could not get up.

After a while, the soldier who searched the body ran back to the captain with a letter, presented the letter to the captain, and said, "Chief, I received a letter. Another soldier also ran back and said, "Chief, I didn't find anything on the horse." ”

The captain picked up the letter and looked at it, frowned, and said, "It seems to be written in Chinese characters." We're going to report to you right away. Then the group took the corpse of their companion and the Ming knight and ran back to the city.

Ye Yan Hongyan received a report from his own soldiers, saying that Da Lazy had an urgent matter to see, so he immediately got up and put on his robe and went out of the bedroom.

When I came to the front hall, I saw Da Lazy. Da Lazy saw Ye Yan Hongyan coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to worship: "My lord! Our sentinel has just intercepted a knight who can be seen, and this letter has been found from him. As he spoke, he presented the letters handed in by the sentry riders to Ya Yan Hongyan.

Ye Yan Hongyan took the letter, only to see that the cover was written: "Brother Han Chang personally opened a few Chinese characters." couldn't help frowning, and hurriedly took out the letter paper and read it, and then he was furious and scolded: "What a Han Chang, how dare you do this!" The Han people are really unreliable! Da Lazy said angrily: "Han Chang must have had a different heart for a long time!" He's going to get his hands dirty today! My lord, this matter is very serious, we must make a decision immediately and get rid of Han Chang immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! Ye Yan Hongyan nodded, and instructed Da Lazy: "You immediately personally lead the army to arrest Han Chang!" ”

Da Lan excitedly agreed, and then said: "I'm afraid it's not enough to deal with Han Chang alone!" The soldiers of the Han army under Han Chang must have breathed out of the same nostrils as him, so they simply wiped out Han Chang's Han army completely! Ye Yan Hongyan hesitated a little, frowned, and said, "Isn't there something wrong with this matter?" ”

Da Lazy hurriedly said: "My lord, if you want to arrest Han Chang, how can Han Chang not encourage those Han troops to rebel?" Even if we only want to arrest Han Chang, I'm afraid it's impossible! This will constrain us and cause a catastrophe that will be difficult to control! Wan Yanhong was shocked, nodded, and said to Da Lazy: "Then do it according to your ideas." I don't care about anything else, but I must not let them disturb the city! Da lazy promised to run down.

Da Lan received the order of Ye Yan Hongyan, immediately rushed back to his military camp and the Mongolian military camp, quickly assembled an army of 80,000, and then divided his troops into two ways to run towards the Han army camp in Han Chang.

Han Chang couldn't sleep late at night, and was looking at the map to think, when he suddenly heard a noise outside, and couldn't help but feel strange, so he walked outside.

Before he got out of the big tent, the general Li Yanqi rushed in in a hurry, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, General, we are surrounded!" ”

Han Chang was shocked and shouted in disbelief: "How is this possible? How could the Ming Army suddenly come in? Li Yanqi said urgently; It's not the Ming army, it's the Khitans and Mongols! They surrounded us! Han Chang was surprised and immediately ran towards the gate.

When I came to the door, I saw torches and candles, swords and guns outside, and the Khitan army and the Mongolian army had surrounded their camps.

Han Chang was shocked and angry, and asked Da Lazy, "Da Lazy, what do you want to do?" ”

Da Lazy smiled coldly and said, "General Ben was ordered to exterminate the rebellion!" ”

Han Chang pointed at Da Lazy and shouted: "You are spewing blood, Your Majesty will definitely not spare you!" ”

Da Lazy sneered: "Han Chang, you're still fucking pretending to be garlic with Lao Tzu!" Then he took out the letter, held it high, and said in a loud voice: "The letter you secretly exchanged with the Ming Emperor has fallen into our hands, you can say that the evidence of the crime is conclusive, do you still have to quibble?" ”

When Han Chang saw the letter in his hand, he couldn't help but be shocked, and scolded angrily: "Da lazy, you are simply a pig!" Can't you see such an obvious counter-plot? ”

Da Lazy was furious, pointed at Han Chang and shouted: "The evidence is conclusive, you still have to quibble!" Hmph, Han people are so shameless! Come on, take Han Chang down for me! ”

The soldiers around Da Lazy agreed in unison, when even more than a dozen people stepped forward to arrest Han Chang.

Li Yanqi immediately drew his sword, led all the sergeants to step forward to protect Han Chang, and shouted: "I see who dares!" The Khitan soldiers stopped. Da Lazy stared at Li Yanqi and the others with fierce eyes, and asked, "You are harboring rebellion, do you also want to rebel?" Li Yanqi shouted and scolded: "Fuck, if you rebel, you will rebel!" Then he turned his head and shouted at the overwhelmed Han soldiers: "Brothers, we will always be slaves here in the Khitans, we have long had enough!" Now the Khitans have doubted us, if we don't resist, we will all die well, so we will fight with them today! Defect to Daming, and everyone will have a good life! The soldiers of the Han army remembered that they had suffered so much in ordinary times, and they felt that they could only fight desperately in today's situation, so they shouted one after another, and the crowd was angry.

Han was shocked by this scene, and shouted urgently: "Li Yanqi, what are you doing? Li Yanqi said excitedly: "General, it's not that we want to rebel, it's that we have to rebel now!" ”

Seeing that the situation was out of control, Da Lazy shouted: "Kill! Slay these rebels to me! ”

The Khitan army and the Mongol army received the order and immediately launched an attack with a roar. At this time, Han Chang had no choice but to lead more than 30,000 Han soldiers under his command to resist desperately. More than 100,000 soldiers and horses on both sides fought, the fence was knocked down one after another, flesh and blood flew in the bushes, and a huge sound completely broke the silence of the night.

Ye Yan Hongyan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard such a huge movement coming from Han Chang's side, and hurriedly ran up to the city wall to look at the military camp on Han Chang's side, and saw the figure of a person in the light of the torches from a distance, and more than 100,000 people and horses were fighting. Ye Yan Hongyan's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but scold: "Da lazy, bastard, didn't I tell him to reduce the impact as much as possible?" It's so earth-shattering! ”

The Mongolian cavalry rushed into the middle of the Han army, and the Han army could not resist being rushed to pieces. Han saw this situation and simply ordered the armies to disperse and retreat into various parts of the city to fight the Jin army in the streets. So the Han army broke out of the encirclement by hundreds of groups and thousands of teams, hid in the streets and alleys of the city pass, and continued to resist stubbornly. Da lazy was anxious and urged the Khitan army and the Mongol army to sweep, but although the Khitan army had an absolute advantage, it was limited by the complex terrain of the streets and alleys, and the battle situation was difficult for a while, and most of the city passes turned into a noisy and fierce battlefield.

As the night passed, the sun unconsciously showed its face, the darkness quickly receded, and the earth brightened.

However, the melee in the city continued, and the Han army had lost nearly half of its losses, and it was almost impossible to resist. The Khitan army temporarily stopped the siege, and Da Lan personally came out to persuade him to surrender: "Listen to all the Han officers and soldiers, you have no way to escape!" If you continue to resist stubbornly, there is only one way to die, if you put down your arms and surrender, I can guarantee that except for Han Chang's rebellion, the rest will not be investigated! ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the Han army couldn't help but feel moved, and their original desperate momentum couldn't help but be reduced a lot.

Han Chang hurriedly said to everyone: "Don't listen to him, everyone!" I, Han Chang, are not allowed to be Khitans because I am Han, and they want to kill me because I am Han! Everyone is Han, will they let everyone go? If you lay down your arms, you'll have to let them slaughter! The soldiers of the Han army were already moved, but after hearing Han Chang's words, they couldn't help but hesitate.

Da Lazy wanted to persuade again, but at this moment, a shocking war drum suddenly came from outside the city, booming, and people couldn't help but be surprised!

Han Chang glared at Yang Jing and shouted with infinite joy: "Brothers, the Ming army has begun to attack the city!" As long as we help the Ming army capture the city pass, we can not only survive, but also get the reward of the Ming Dynasty and fight with the Khitans! The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and they shouted one after another. Seeing this scene, Da Lazy knew that it was impossible to lure him to surrender, so he immediately waved his army to attack.

At the same time, Ye Yan Hongyan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, seeing the Ming army attacking, he hurriedly mobilized other troops to resist.

The Ming army swooped down on the city pass, the soldiers sacrificed their lives to enter the city, and the city vehicles continued to attack the city gate. The officers and soldiers of the Khitan army had not yet recovered from the sudden chaos inside, and they couldn't resist it, and they were broken through the city gate by the Ming army and rushed in.

Shocked by his face, he hurriedly dispatched ironclad infantry to plug the gap. The Ming war cavalry crashed into the ironclad infantry line of the Khitan army like a tide, and in an instant, people turned on their backs. The war horse quickly retreated, and the Daming iron horse rushed in, advancing in unison like a torrent of steel, and the earth trembled violently! The Khitan soldiers surged up, and a shield formed a tight shield wall ready to defend!

First of all, the crossbowmen fired, and the dense rain of arrows fell into the rolling torrent of steel, but it did not cause any damage to the Ming Iron Rider at all.

In an instant, the steel torrent rushed to the front and slammed into the Khitan army's defense line, only to hear a loud bang of ping-pong bang, as if the impregnable defense line was smashed to pieces in an instant, and many people were even knocked out by the powerful impact! The Khitan soldiers are still desperately fighting back, shouting and brandishing swords and guns to attack, and rush forward to get the Ming Iron Cavalry! The Daming Iron Cavalry was indomitable, the iron hooves ruthlessly trampled on the flesh and blood, and the mace whirled and swirled, smashing the flesh and blood of the Khitan army soldiers everywhere! The Khitan army soon couldn't resist and involuntarily began to retreat! At this moment, the Ming army surged up again to attack and kill! In an instant, the Khitan army was rushed to pieces!

The Ming army defeated the heavy infantry of the Khitan army, and immediately divided to sweep away the enemy army. Ye Yan Hongyan urgently ordered the armies to divide their ways to block the defense. The entire city was plunged into a fierce melee, you killed, I killed, and the corpses were clogged up in the streets and alleys, and the blood was all over the ditches.

A Ming infantry army attacked and advanced all the way, killing countless enemies, and reached the square in the center of the city pass. Suddenly, there was a roar, and thousands of Khitan soldiers rushed out of the streets in front of them and killed the Ming infantry army.

The Ming generals who led the army suddenly saw the enemy's ironclad cavalry appear, and were taken aback, and urgently ordered the soldiers under his command to line up. However, when this sudden situation occurs, no matter how elite the Ming army is, it is impossible to have time to line up. I saw the Khitan Army's Tiefutu slammed into the Yanyun Army, and saw the iron hooves trampling the long knife and slashing, and the Ming Army suffered countless casualties for a while and could not resist. Just when this Ming army was in danger, thousands of Ming war cavalry rushed to the scene, seeing that the situation of their own troops was urgent, they immediately joined the battlefield and fought with the enemy. However, how did the light cavalry outfight the heavy cavalry in close combat, and saw that the Ming war cavalry turned over on their backs and suffered heavy casualties. However, the Ming soldiers in such a situation instead inspired the ferocity, everyone desperately, one by one, rushing forward, infantry slashing horses, cavalry slashing people, the battle situation gradually reversed, becoming more and more unfavorable to the Iron Float!

In other directions, fierce battles are also in full swing. The Jin army fought back with all their might, but the situation became more and more disadvantageous.

At this critical moment, Ye Yan Hongyan suddenly received an urgent report: "My lord, it's not good, the Mongolian army has run away!" Ye Yan was shocked, "What? The Mongol army ran away? ”

Ye Yan Hongyan didn't know what to do for a while. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the battle situation was very unfavorable everywhere, so he had no choice but to order the cavalry to break off and the army to retreat immediately. As soon as this order was given, the Khitan army soldiers who were struggling to support were defeated like a mountain, and the armies rushed to flee north. The Ming army chased and killed dozens of miles from behind, and the corpses of the Khitan soldiers killed were all over the field.

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