Chapter 905, Capture Salan
The raindrops of spears fell into the HRE army, only to hear a crackling sound, and many HRE soldiers were knocked to the ground by the spears, and there was inevitably a commotion at the scene.
Without waiting for the HRE soldiers to react. The terrifying war horse like a black cloud had already crashed into the defense line of the HRE army, only to hear a heavy impact sound, and the powerful impact power instantly rushed the seemingly impregnable HRE defense line to pieces, and many HRE shield players were knocked up and flying by the powerful impact power of the opponent. Immediately, the Xuanjia war cavalry poured into the enemy army, charging and killing fiercely, and moving forward. The HRE infantry lost the protection of the battle array, and the corpses of the corpses were flying in the middle of the rolling iron hooves; The HRE soldiers tried their best to resist, but they felt as if they were in a rolling torrent, and they couldn't help themselves at all, and before they could react, they felt a black shadow rush in front of them, and wanted to swing their knives to fight back, but they saw a flash of cold light, and then fell to the ground and didn't know anything.
At the same time, the Ming light cavalry on the front also took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. The Shenluo army originally had the upper hand in this direction, but after being rushed into the formation by the Ming Xuanjia army, it became panicked, and at this time, it was unable to resist by the Ming light cavalry in a fierce rush, and was killed into the formation by the Ming light cavalry in one fell swoop.
At this moment, the HRE army still did not collapse and was still desperately resisting. The sound of war drums was earth-shattering, and tens of thousands of Ming infantry troops had besieged them from all directions, rushing into the Shenluo army array, killing people when they saw them, and cutting down horses when they saw them! The Shenluo army was already unable to resist under the impact of the Ming cavalry, where could it withstand the fierce slaughter of tens of thousands of Ming infantry troops, and it was rushed to pieces in an instant, and it was no longer in formation! However, the HRE army did not flee for their lives, but gathered nearby, hundreds of groups, thousands of groups continued to resist. I saw that the Ming army on the battlefield was as fierce as a tiger, but the Shenluo army was at least a pack of wolves.
At this moment, Da Ming's horn sounded suddenly and sounded for a long time. The Ming armies, who were fiercely besieging the HRE army, immediately stopped their attack and retreated dozens of hundred steps.
The Shinra soldiers were puzzled when they saw that the Ming army had the advantage but suddenly stopped attacking. But soon they understood what was going on.
Suddenly there was a sharp sound of whirring and whirring! Quaid was taken aback, only to see countless huge black shadows flying down from a high place, tearing through the air and making a screaming sound, which was terrifying! Quaid shouted urgently, "Bed crossbow!" Be careful! Almost at the same time as he shouted, hundreds of huge guns and arrows fell into the HRE army, only to see that many HRE soldiers flew out with the huge force of their guns and arrows, and several unlucky HRE soldiers were even knocked off their heads by the spears and arrows!
The HRE soldiers thought that the enemy's wave of shooting had passed, but suddenly a violent explosion sounded from the crowd! I saw the fireworks rolling, and countless Shinra soldiers were knocked to the ground by the powerful shock wave, and stumps and fireworks flew all over the sky! It turned out that the Ming army in the high place fired not ordinary guns and arrows in the middle of the HRE army with light three-bow bed crossbows, but special guns and arrows tied to gunpowder bags. Therefore, in this round of shooting, the power of the gun itself is secondary, and the real power is still in the bombardment of the gunpowder bag!
The HRE soldiers were bombarded by this round of bombardment, and they were terrified and dizzy. At this moment, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves rang out again, and the HRE soldiers saw the Ming war horses sweeping from all directions, and the horses stepped on thousands of troops, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. The corpses of the Shinra soldiers were strewn all over the field, and the remnants of the defeated generals surrendered one after another when they saw that there was nowhere to escape.
The HRE army guarding Saulan heard the sound of war drums and fighting from the northeast, and knew that the soldiers and horses led by the general had caught up with the enemy. The Shinra soldiers in the city were still talking and laughing freely, and in their feelings, it must be their own army that was slaughtering the Ming army at this moment.
In the evening, I saw my own soldiers and horses returning. The general guarding the gate immediately ordered his officers and soldiers to open the city gate.
Soldiers and horses from outside the city rushed in.
The general guarding the door suddenly saw the officers and soldiers walking in the front with their heads shrugged and listless, and couldn't help but be surprised. Just as he was about to make an inquiry, he suddenly saw countless officers and soldiers with oriental faces but wearing their own armor and cloaks rushing up over the front. The general was wondering: when did we have so many Orientals in our army?!
However, he didn't wait for his thoughts to finish. The Orientals dressed in Shinra armor brandished their swords and spears and slashed at their own people. Because the HRE soldiers were defenseless, they suffered heavy casualties in an instant. The general also fell to the ground with a knife, and at this point he fully understood that the troops of his own side with oriental faces were clearly disguised by the enemy, and as soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly crawled towards a safe place and shouted: "Enemy! Enemy! ......" only shouted twice, and a Ming soldier rushed forward, put away his knife and cut off his head, and the screaming stopped abruptly!
The Ming army opened the gate of Saulan City and followed the surging army to sweep away the unsuspecting HRE army. Seven or eight thousand Shinra troops hurriedly resisted, but where they could resist, they were defeated in an instant. Some of them were taken prisoner by the Ming army, and the other part fled out of the city in a hurry.
Yang Peng captured Saulan in one fell swoop, and then sent a fast horse to report to the rear, and then ordered his soldiers to carry in the grain and grass that were still left outside the city, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to repair and strengthen the city wall as soon as possible.
The HRE general Florian, on Karn's orders, led 50,000 crusaders as the vanguard to aid Saran.
Before the early hours of the morning, they had already advanced to a place only twenty miles away from Salan. Suddenly, I noticed that there were many people running towards this direction in front of me, and they seemed to be very anxious. stopped and found that it was his own soldiers and horses, and hurriedly asked about Salan's situation, and learned that Quaid's entire army had destroyed Saulan and fallen the news. Florian was shocked and asked how the defeated army Salan had been captured in such a short period of time. Where do the routs know the cause and effect, and they can't say why.
Florian ordered the army to be stationed in place in view of the change in the situation, and at the same time sent someone to report urgently to Generalissimo Karn.
Generalissimo Kahn was also very shocked when he received Florian's report, and couldn't help muttering: "I have long heard that the Ming army is strong, but I didn't expect it to be so strong!" 50,000 soldiers and horses attacked the city defended by 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it was taken in a few days! If it weren't for the fact that it was in front of me, I couldn't believe it! ”
Andrew said depressedly: "Let's fight Xiliao, what kind of excitement did he come to join in?" "Many kings and generals who have suffered from the Ming army have echoed it, saying that the Ming Dynasty is simply a dog and a mouse to meddle in things. Westerners certainly don't have such a proverb, but that's pretty much what it means.
Ou Ding said worriedly: "The Ming army is not as good as other armies, they are very strong, with them helping the Western Liao, we want to sweep the Western Liao as planned, I'm afraid it's impossible!" ”
Karn smiled: "No matter how strong the Ming is, it is just a heresy, we are all warriors of the kingdom of heaven, can we be intimidated by heresy?" Several kings and generals who had not dealt with the Ming army howled one after another, looking like they didn't take the Ming in their eyes. The other kings and generals who had dealt with Da Ming sneered one after another, and there was a thought in their hearts that they were waiting to see a good show.
Karn looked at the faces of the crowd and said aloud: "God is wise! As long as we believe in God with all our hearts, God will bless us! Although the situation is a little different from what was expected, our heavenly army is blessed by God, and the situation of the war will definitely change drastically in the near future! Then it will be time for us to sweep away the evil heresies, including the Ming Army! ”
The few kings and generals who had never dealt with Daming shouted and shouted, while those kings and generals who had dealt with Daming and knew that Daming was powerful looked at each other and were puzzled. Although they are all religious, it is hard to believe that God will bless them with an overwhelming advantage in the near future. Ou Ding couldn't help but say: "Generalissimo, I don't understand your words!" Now that Salan is occupied by the enemy, our rear road has been cut off, you should know! If we can't come up with a way to do it as soon as possible, let alone defeat the enemy, even our own safety will not be guaranteed! Several kings and generals chimed in.
Karn smiled calmly, "The current battle situation is completely under my control, you don't have to worry!" Seeing that everyone was puzzled, he smiled and said, "I can't tell you anything yet." But it won't be long before you'll see what I mean! The crowd only felt that Karn was unfathomable.
Ou Ding said: "I think we should withdraw the soldiers and horses that remained outside Sailan City. ”
Karn waved his hand and said, "No. Odin wanted to say something, but Karn said, "Alright, it's getting late, let's all go down and rest!" Then he got up and went to the back tent. The marching tent in the west is different from that in the east, there is a front account and a back account, with deliberations in the front and rest in the back. When they saw Karn depart, they all left the tent with a stomach full of doubts.
The implementation goes under the Blue City. The crusaders who remained under the city of Sailan suddenly received a report from the scouts that Yeluzhong was not far from Sailan with an army of 80,000. The kings and generals of the Crusaders, seeing that the enemy had outnumbered their own forces, unanimously decided to withdraw their camp at once. So the 100,000 crusaders hastily withdrew from under the city of Sailan. The residents of Xiliao in the city couldn't help cheering after receiving the news of the arrival of Yeluzhong's reinforcements.
Half a day later, I saw a mighty army appear in the north, and then drove into Sailan City through the north gate.
Mills gave up his camp to Jerew. Yeluzhong is the king of Dingbei, in charge of the soldiers and horses south of the desert, and Mills is controlled by him, so Mills is very respectful to Yeluzhong.
That night, Yeluzhong set up a banquet in the camp hall, relying on the defense of the city by Mills and others. Of course, Mills and the others were glad to attend the banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, Mills said to Yeluzhong: "King, His Majesty the Ming Emperor has occupied Saolan, and now the situation is very good!" Half of the plan we have set out is already halfway through, and we should immediately send our troops into the enemy's army! ”
Yeluzhong played with the silver cup in his hand and muttered, "Enemy army? Who are our enemies? ”
Mills was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Isn't it very clear?" Our enemies are the crusaders of the West, and the rebels led by Jereil! ”
Jeluzhong stopped playing with the silver cup, raised his head and said, "No! You're not right! ”
When Mills heard Yeluzhong suddenly say this, he couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "What?" Wrong? ”
Yeluzhong said: "Our enemies are not crusaders, let alone rebels, but the Ming people. Mills was startled, and he glared at Jerod and asked, "What did you say?" ”
Yeluzhong stood up, and the generals under the command of both sides also stood up, faintly forming two camps with clear barriers. Yeluzhong said to Mills: "We are Khitans, our country is Da Liao, and now it is the Ming people who are encroaching on our homeland, they are not our greatest enemies, who are our greatest enemies?" ”
Mills frowned, "The last general doesn't understand why the king suddenly said this. No matter what happened before, now that we are a subject of the Ming Dynasty, we should be loyal to the Ming Dynasty! He glanced at Yeluzhong, "The king said this, not only betraying the Ming Dynasty, but also betraying our king, and please don't be obsessed with it, don't say such things again!" ”
Yeluzhong glanced at Mills and sneered: "You Mills was the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty back then, why have you become the dog slave of the Ming Dynasty now!" ”
These words were already quite unkind, Mills couldn't help but change his complexion, and said: "Your Majesty Daming is wise and martial, and he is a hero who has not been encountered in a thousand years, and it is a great blessing to be able to follow His Majesty Daming; And the Ming Dynasty is incomparably strong, and our people in Western Liao have only benefits and no disadvantages to join the Ming Dynasty. With these two aspects, why not be loyal to the Ming Dynasty? But the king, didn't he originally think that it was a blessing for us to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty? But why did he suddenly say such a thing? What's wrong with you, my lord? ”
Yeluzhong shook his head, "It seems that you must be obsessed. Then he raised his head, a cold killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "Where is the knife and axe hand? Before the words fell, a chaotic sound of footsteps sounded around, followed by the front door, the back door, and the side door, dozens of hundreds of samurai in heavy armor, armed with steel swords and crossbows, surrounded Mills and the others. Mills and the others were taken aback and pulled out their waist knives one after another.
Yeluzhong asked with a hideous expression: "Mills, since you must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I have no choice but to send you to hell!" Mills was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Jerew, you are going to rebel!" ”
Yeluzhong smiled coldly and suddenly waved his hand. Dozens of samurai armed with crossbows fired arrows together, and Mills and the others were hit one after another. Dozens of warriors armed with scimitars and axes swarmed up, slashed and stomped wildly, and in the blink of an eye, Mills and the others were dismembered.
Immediately, Yeluzhong led the soldiers and horses to rush into Mills's barracks with the heads of Mills and others, and reported to the whole army, saying that Mills and others intended to rebel, so they corrected the law on the spot, and the army was under the command of Yeluzhong. The soldiers of the army were shocked, and then they all said that they obeyed the order.
Seeing that the matter had been resolved very smoothly, one of Yelu's cronies couldn't help but say happily: "I didn't expect it to be done so easily!" ”
Yeluzhong smiled bitterly, "Done?" I'm afraid that the catastrophe has just begun! If we can't kill Yang Peng, all of us will be crushed! Then he ordered: "Continue to act!" "All the generals agreed together.
Karn led the main force to Saulan, but did not attack for several days. Yang Peng and others were a little puzzled by this.
General Fan Long said strangely: "These Westerners don't know what the hell they are doing? After two or three days in a row, you didn't attack? Zhan Jinguo frowned and said: "Their grain and grass can support half a month at most, wouldn't it be self-defeating to delay time like this?" ”
Yang Peng pondered: "That Karn is the generalissimo of the Shinra, judging from the previous situation, this person is very cautious in marching and fighting, but it is indeed very abnormal to be so abrasive!" ”
Fan Long's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, will they find another way to escape by bypassing Saolan?" ”
Yang Peng thought for a moment and slowly shook his head, "Probably not." If that were the case, they would have pinned us down with a suspicious force, while the main force quietly withdrew. So far, however, nothing unusual has been found, and there is no sign of any reduction in the strength of the enemy camp outside the city. ”
Fan Long said: "Your Majesty has a point, but what tricks is the enemy playing?" ”
Yang Peng frowned and said: "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, but I really can't figure it out. If I were in Karn's position, there would be only two ways at this moment, either to concentrate my forces and retreat to safety, or to concentrate all my forces and attack Tiger Si's ears in a desperate way. If you can capture Hu Si's ears in a short period of time, then not only will the crisis be lifted, but the central flowering will completely open up the situation! However, the current enemy army is doing something different from what I expected, which really makes me feel a little unfathomable! Could it be that the enemy army has arrived with a large number of reinforcements, so it is not in a hurry? But so far, I haven't received any information about it, have I? The generals looked at each other, and they all felt inexplicable.
Yang Peng pondered for a moment and said to the generals: "It is also possible that the other party is really planning some means of attacking the city. Be vigilant, especially in the city. The generals clenched their fists and promised. Yang Peng said: "Okay, you all go down." The generals agreed, and Yuguan withdrew from the tent.
Yan Ji saw that her lover was still frowning, and couldn't help but feel relieved: "Husband, don't worry too much, maybe the enemy is helpless at all!" ”
Yang Peng shook his head with a smile, reached over and grabbed Yan Ji's slender hand and pulled her over, Yan Ji sat on her lover's lap, looking at her lover tenderly with beautiful eyes.
Yang Peng hugged Yan Ji's slender waist, buried his head between Yan Ji's incomparably plump sides, smelling the rich fragrance, only to feel that the troubles disappeared without a trace in an instant. I couldn't help but close my eyes and fall asleep. Yan Ji found that her lover was asleep against her breasts, she couldn't help but smile, the corners of her eyes and mouth showed a gentle and loving look, and she raised her slender hand and gently stroked her lover's hair.
Just then, footsteps were heard at the door, and a female guard walked in quickly. Yan Ji hugged her lover with one hand, but with the other hand, she made a silent gesture to the female guard. The female guard hurriedly stopped, looked at the two of them with infinite affection, and couldn't help laughing.
Yan Ji gently put her lover on the chair, then gently got up and walked to the female guard, motioned for her to follow her out, and then led the female guard out of the big tent.
When she arrived outside the big tent, Yan Ji asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
The female guard immediately presented a flying pigeon biography she had just received to Yan Ji, and said, "Yelu Niangniang sent a flying pigeon biography. Yan Ji opened the book and read it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Great! Yelu had already led 50,000 elites around to the south of Sailan according to the eldest brother's plan. At this point, Yang Peng's complete plan can be briefly explained. Yang Peng's plan was to lure the king into the urn, and the main purpose of the more than 50,000 elites led by Yang Peng was to capture Saulan in order to choke the enemy's retreat; The 50,000 elites led by Yelu Hanyu were to launch a round of surprise attacks on the main force of the Crusaders from the south, one to destroy the enemy's living forces, and the other to destroy the enemy's morale. At the same time, the Western Liao army had to encircle from the north and from the east, and cooperate with the Ming army to encircle and kill the enemy. So far, the project is going very well.
Yeluzhong stood on the city wall, looking at the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains outside the city.
One of his generals rushed up and came behind Yeluzhong, and reported: "My lord, Aliqi has led his army and the allied army of the Stickbain tribes through the desert to the upper reaches of the Tarasu River. "The upper reaches of the Tarassu River, northeast of Saran, north of Tarath."
Jeruzhong retracted his thoughts, mumbled, and commanded, "Act as planned." The general answered the promise and ran down.
Yelu Hanyu led 50,000 elite Ming elites around the Chachi region in the south, and then rushed north along the east bank of the Kuzhang River, preparing to raid the crusaders under the city of Saolan.
However, to Yelu Hanyu's expectation, when the army was still more than two hundred miles away from Salan, it was attacked by the Crusaders, and they seemed to have expected that the Ming army would appear here, so they arranged a trap in advance. The assault came very quickly, and the Ming army was caught off guard by many casualties, and was almost disrupted by the opponent. However, after all, the elite of the Ming Dynasty is a strong brigade with a hundred battles, although it was suddenly attacked by the opponent, but it quickly took countermeasures, the infantry quickly formed a formation, and the cavalry fought back. The raiding crusaders not only failed to take advantage of the slightest advantage, but hit their heads on the Ming army's formation, and were rushed to pieces by the Ming cavalry. Immediately, the crusaders retreated, relying on the terrain to block the passage of the Ming army to the north.
Seeing the situation on the right, Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but worry about the situation on Salan's side, and immediately wrote a flying pigeon biography to report the situation to Salan's side.
Yang Peng received the flying pigeon from Yelu Hanyu and couldn't help but be puzzled. Yelu Hanyu's army came from the south, even the Western Liao high-level knew about it, how could the crusaders grasp it so accurately and ambush the soldiers and horses in the south in advance? And this crusader seems to be the same one who withdrew from under the city of Selange?
Yang Peng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, everyone's eyes moved with Yang Peng's movements, and they didn't dare to make the slightest sound for fear of disturbing him.
Yang Peng suddenly stopped, frowned, and said, "There is a traitor!" ”
When everyone suddenly heard this, they were all shocked. Yan Ji asked urgently, "Who is the mole?" ”
Yang Peng pondered: "It is impossible for there to be traitors in our Ming army, and there are only three Khitans who know my battle plan, one is the emperor Yelu Hongjun, one is the king of Dingbei Yeluzhong, and the last one is Aliqi. Except for these three people, no one else knows about my battle plan. Nine times out of ten, the mole is among these three. ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.