Not long ago, the cabinet ministers of Bianliang received the news that the war was going well in the west, but they did not expect that bad news would suddenly come a few days later. Dingbei King Yeluzhong rebelled, and the Western Liao army under Aliqi was ambushed and almost all the troops were wiped out, and now the Western Liao army has almost become his own enemy, His Majesty and his soldiers have been isolated and helpless, and the situation is very grim.

Han Bing convened an emergency meeting of the cabinet, the atmosphere was very solemn, the meeting quickly passed a resolution, immediately in accordance with His Majesty's order, from all over the country to send reinforcements to help His Majesty, the first to mobilize is Yang Yanzhao's 100,000 soldiers and horses left in the Mongolian region. In addition, orders for the urgent transfer of troops were also sent to other places, and at the same time, local governments were urgently ordered to purchase grain and grass from the people to supply military supplies. In just a few days, the huge machine of the Ming Dynasty was running from the central to the local. The people also felt a different atmosphere, and they couldn't help but get nervous, and all kinds of rumors spread among the people. However, at this time, those Confucian scholars gloated and said: "There must be a big problem with the Western Expedition!" I have long said that although the country is warlike and must play, it is a pity that some people just don't listen! ”

Look back at Saran.

Yang Peng didn't care so much after discovering that Yelu Hanyu was desperate to come to help and was very likely to fall into a heavy siege, so he immediately ordered Fan Long to lead 5,000 infantry troops to defend the city, and he himself led all the rest of the soldiers to attack and advance to the south.

Yang Peng personally led 5,000 Ming iron cavalry to charge the battle, and the crusaders had already been prepared, forming a defensive line with shields and spears, followed by countless crossbowmen. At a glance, I saw shields like walls, spears like forests, and under the banner were countless crossbowmen gathered by ants.

Yang Peng roared loudly, five thousand elite war horses shouted in unison, and the thunderous roar rolled over the battlefield to the extreme!

Shoot the arrows! As a Crusader general roared, as if an endless number of Crusader crossbowmen were firing arrows together, only a loud whining sound was heard, and countless arrows formed a dark cloud covering the sky and the sun! In an instant, the dense rain of arrows fell violently towards the Yanyun War Horse, and the ground instantly became a forest of ten thousand feathers, even with the defensive strength of the Daming Iron Cavalry, it could not withstand such a dense attack, and several Daming Iron Cavalry fell! However, after the strong arrow rain passed, the Daming Iron Cavalry continued to rush forward as if it had rushed out of the rain curtain of the arrow rain, and the momentum was even stronger than just now! The iron hooves are surging, the murderous aura is soaring, and the rumbling sound is more shocking than the thunder!

Seeing that the Great Ming Iron Cavalry had rushed in front of them, the crusaders immediately roared loudly, and the shouts of the shield commanders came one after another, and they were ready to meet the fierce onslaught of their opponents!

In the blink of an eye, the Daming Iron Cavalry rushed on the Crusader defense line, and the powerful power was several times more amazing than the waves hitting the shore, and several shield bearers were knocked out by the people with shields, and the spear stabbed on the heavy armor of the Daming War Horse, and the gun was instantly broken, and the soldier holding the spear was knocked to the ground on the spot! The torrent of steel smashed through the defense line, the mace swung wildly, smashing the enemy's flesh and blood, and the heavily armored war horse rushed forward, and the headbutt and hooves were also extremely fierce! However, there are too many enemies, and the Daming Iron Cavalry led by Yang Peng broke through the eight defense lines of the Crusaders one after another, but they have not been able to completely break the formation, but the speed of the Daming Iron Cavalry has been completely contained by the other party!

Seeing that the speed of the opponent's iron cavalry was completely unloaded, the crusaders immediately surrounded them in all directions, spears like forests, long swords like mountains, and clusters of clumps towards the Daming iron cavalry! The Daming Iron Cavalry fought bravely, but they fell one by one under the Sword Mountain of the Gun Forest! The crusaders surrounded Yang Peng and his Daming iron cavalry countless layers, and the army was like a sea and a tide, and the Daming army was like a flat boat in the ocean! Even if the Ming Dynasty is brave and the Ming Iron Rider is extraordinary, it will not be able to stand out from the encirclement!

At this moment, a black cavalry suddenly appeared on the flank, swooped over like a dark cloud, crashed into the enemy army and went forward, until the enemy's corpse was covered with blood and the flying man flipped on his back! The crusaders who were besieging Yang Peng were suddenly attacked like this, and they couldn't help but panic. At this moment, Yang Peng and Daming Iron Cavalry, who were heavily surrounded, roared and fought desperately to counterattack! It's like a tiger struggling fiercely in a cage, fighting bloodily, stepping on the corpse of an enemy before the bloody attack! I saw the iron hooves rushing, the mace whistling, killing the enemy's corpses and blood flying back again and again, and the entire army array was shaken!

The general of the crusaders who was in charge of the command was shocked when he saw this scene, and urgently ordered the armies to resist! In fact, the armies have tried their best to resist desperately, but the attack of the Ming army is like a landslide and tsunami, which makes people panic, and they can't resist it at all, and the entire army formation is still involuntarily retreating backwards.

Seeing this, Karn hurriedly ordered the armies on standby around him to rush over and reinforce them. So tens of thousands of crusaders surrounded the Ming army from the periphery.

Karn couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the situation had been turned around again.

However, at this moment, the city gate opened again, and tens of thousands of Ming infantry troops surged out. Seeing this, Karn was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered his war cavalry to attack the Ming infantry army. More than 10,000 war horsemen immediately rushed out of the formation and rushed towards the Daming infantry army.

The Ming infantry army quickly formed a huge circle formation. Immediately arrows flew out of the circle, and the Crusader horsemen who were rushing forward were shot on their backs. The crusader cavalry raised their bows and crossbows to fight back, and the arrows fell into the Ming army one after another, but most of them were blocked by shields. The Crusader cavalry stopped firing and charged with all their might, trying to break through the Ming army's defenses in one fell swoop. In the blink of an eye, the rolling iron hooves hit the Ming army's defense line like a wave! The huge crashing sound instantly resounded, and it was really magnificent when the waves crashed on the shore! However, after the ferocious impact passed, the Ming defense line remained immovable, but the crusader cavalry was stabbed down a lot by the spears behind the shield! Then the circle slowly advanced and spun, and the sharp spear head swept the Crusader horsemen to the ground like a death scythe! The Crusaders were indeed very brave, and in this situation they continued to attack bravely, but their blades were blocked by their shields, and they themselves could not resist the sharp spears, and they continued to fall in pools of blood!

Karn couldn't help but regret seeing such a scene from afar, regretting that he should not have sent all the heavy cavalry to encircle and annihilate the Ming army that came to the rescue, if he had left a heavy cavalry, the problem in front of him would not be difficult to solve. This thought only flashed in Karn's mind, seeing that although his own cavalry was very brave, the opponent's battle formation was both offensive and defensive, and it was just a sacrifice in vain to continue like this! So he ordered the horses in front of him to retreat. The crusader cavalry, who was storming the battle formation of the Ming infantry army, received the order to retreat, and they retreated one after another. The Ming army immediately withdrew from the battle array and rushed to the main battlefield like a tide, rushing into the boundless enemy army. They all forgot about their lives and died, slashed through them with a big axe, and instantly opened a bloody path in the enemy army! The crusaders who had been attacking the Ming Dynasty for a long time and couldn't ride on them were suddenly attacked by the fierce impact of the Ming infantry army, and the army's heart couldn't help but be turbulent!

Karn couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that the situation was wrong, even if he wanted to send the cavalry again, but the nearly 100,000 troops on both sides had already been mixed up, and the cavalry would not be able to play any role if they went up!

While Karn hesitated, the Ming cavalry scattered the Crusaders from the middle, while the Ming infantry crushed the Crusaders from the outside. The crusaders could no longer resist, and immediately moved out of the way to the left and right, and the Ming army rushed through and rushed straight to the south.

Seeing this, Karn naturally knew the other party's intentions, and in shock, he immediately handed over the task of besieging Salan to Odin himself, and he himself led half of his men and horses in pursuit.

Yang Peng was in a hurry to join Yelu Hanyu, but the crusaders were holding on. The two sides chased each other, and from time to time big battles broke out in the wilderness, all the way for dozens of miles, the two sides fought five times, all of which were equal in casualties. However, the overall situation is very unfavorable for the Ming Army! Dozens of miles of wilderness are littered with corpses, and the scene is very tragic!

Two days later, the Ming army led by Yang Peng arrived in a hilly and mountainous area, and it was difficult to continue advancing due to too many wounded soldiers and heavy losses of grain and grass. Karn led a hundred thousand crusaders to chase after him, encircling Yang Peng and them in the mountains. Yang Peng personally led the soldiers to clash three times, but failed to break through the enemy's encirclement! The situation is already very bad for Yang Peng and them! However, at this moment, Yang Peng was not worried about his own safety, but worried about Yelu Hanyu's situation, and was also worried about Yan Ji who stayed in Saolan City.

Seeing that it was getting late, Yang Peng ordered the army to rest on the spot.

The sun went down and the moon rose. Although there were tens of thousands of Ming troops on the mountain, there was no sound, only the roar of the wind through the trees. The lights below the mountain ridge are brightly lit, as if the mountain is surrounded by iron buckets.

Yang Peng stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the scene below the mountain, his brows furrowed tightly.

Zhan Jinguo walked quickly to Yang Peng's side with a plate of freshly grilled cooked meat, presented the barbecue meat with both hands and said, "Big brother, let's eat something." ”

Yang Peng took the wooden plate from Zhan Jinguo's hand, frowned, and said: "Since I started the army that year, I have never encountered such a predicament!" Why is this so? ”

Zhan Jin said: "It's all because of Yeluzhong's betrayal!" ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "Not exactly. The biggest reason is that I've won too much and I've never lost, so this time mentally, I've already lost first. In fact, Yeluzhong has already shown clues, but I didn't think about the worst, which is why our army is now in such a predicament! ”

Yang Peng glanced at Zhan Jinguo, patted Zhan Jinguo's shoulder, and said with a smile: "This is not necessarily a bad thing!" Seeing that Yang Peng was still very relaxed, Zhan Jinguo couldn't help but let go of his original worries.

Yang Peng picked up the barbecue and took a bite and asked, "How much has our army lost?" ”

Zhanjin said: "Seven or eight thousand people were lost along the way, and nearly 1,000 of them were seriously wounded. ……”

Yang Peng couldn't help frowning and fell silent.

At this moment, the herald rushed over, presented a flying pigeon herald, and said, "Your Majesty, Yelu Niangniang has sent a flying pigeon herald!" Yang Peng hurriedly handed the wooden plate to Zhan Jinguo, took the handbook, opened it and looked at it. I saw Yang Peng's brows furrowed, afraid that what he said in the biography was not good news. Zhan Jinguo couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what's the situation?" Yang Peng frowned and muttered: "More than 300,000 crusaders besieged Yelu Hanyu and they for two days and two nights, and the camp was finally breached, Yelu Hanyu was seriously wounded, and the remnants of the army had broken through to the south. Zhan Jinguo couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.

Yang Peng looked at the night sky in the distance and was stunned for a moment, and then said categorically: "Order all armies, get ready, we will break through to the north tonight!" ”

Zhan Jinguo was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, aren't we going to meet Niangniang?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head and said, "The situation is different. Then he glanced at the wounded soldiers in his eyes, and said to Zhan Jinguo: "Execute the order." Zhan Jinguo had no choice but to promise and ran down.

Karn had barely fallen asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of a loud fight. Hearing that something was wrong outside, he rushed out of the tent without putting on his armor. I saw that the fire at the foot of the mountain in the distance was flickering, and it seemed that a group of soldiers and horses was rushing down from the mountain and swinging the camp. Karn was taken aback, and hastened to order the armies to rush to their aid. However, when the troops arrived at the scene, they did not see even half of the enemy's shadow except for the disorganized camp, and the enemy had already broken through the camp and headed north.

Karn couldn't help but be very depressed when he received the report from the generals, frowning and muttering, "I thought they would not be able to break through today, but I really didn't expect it!" Alas, such a good opportunity was lost in vain! Then he glanced at the generals and ordered: "Order all the armies to immediately pull out the camp and go north!" "The people will make a promise together.

On the other side, Yang Gui and others led the soldiers and horses to desperately protect the seriously injured Yelu Hanyu, and opened a bloody road and retreated to Chachi. and so on, and ordered all the female medical officers to treat Niangniang's injuries. The female medical officers were busy for more than two hours before they finished, and came out to Yang Gui and the others: "Niangniang's injury is very serious, we have cleaned the wound for Niangniang and applied the wound medicine, but, but ......" Yang Gui and the others listened to her and asked anxiously: "But what?" A female medical officer said worriedly: "Since the mother is very seriously injured, it is really hard to say whether she can be saved!" The other female medical officer continued: "The main thing depends on whether the mother can survive tonight safely, if she can survive tonight, it will not be a big problem!" ”

Yang Gui said angrily: "If Niangniang has three longs and two shorts, what face do I have to go to see Your Majesty?" Everyone looked at each other with a very heavy heart.

Dangdangdang...... The rapid sound of the golden bell suddenly rang loudly.

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised, Yang Gui said to Yang Qi beside him: "You accompany Niangniang, I will go to defend against the enemy!" Yang Qi nodded and said, "Big nephew, don't worry, I'm here!" Yang Gui led the generals and hurried away.

Several female medical officers reported that they wanted to boil the soup and went down. Yang Qi walked into the bedroom, came to Yelu Hanyu's bed and sat down. Looking at Yelu Hanyu, who was unconscious and pale and revealing a bit of poignant beauty, he couldn't help but murmur: "Sister Yelu, you can't be fine!" Otherwise, the eldest brother will definitely die of sadness! At this moment, Yelu Hanyu's lips suddenly moved, as if he had said something.

Yang Qi couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly shouted: "Sister Yelu, Sister Yelu, are you okay?" ”

However, Jeruhanyu did not wake up, but his lips moved again. Yang Qi felt what Sister Yelu was saying, but she couldn't hear clearly, so she put her ear to Sister Yelu's mouth. I only heard a voice like a gnat and said eagerly: "Big brother, don't die, you don't want to die, I must save you out, save you out......" Speaking of the back, the voice was already inaudible. Yang Qi's heart was shocked, and she was so moved that she wanted to cry, and muttered: "Sister Yelu, you are still thinking about your eldest brother at this time!" ”

At this moment, the sound of fierce fighting came from outside, Yang Qi couldn't help frowning, and scolded: "Abominable Western devils! ”

The crusaders continued to storm for many days, and the remnants of the Ming Dynasty resisted desperately and did not retreat, and the corpses under the city walls were piled up, but the crusaders just couldn't attack it. However, after a few days, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties, but I am afraid that it will not be able to resist for long. Yang Gui has already made up his mind to die on the battlefield, so that his aunt Yang Qi led an elite team to protect Niangniang, and when the next day the battle begins, he will lead the remaining soldiers to open the city gate to counterattack the enemy, and Yang Qi will take this opportunity to open the south gate to protect Niangniang and break out of the siege. According to Yang Gui's words, all soldiers can die, but they must protect the safety of Niangniang!

That night, the remaining Ming soldiers silently prepared, ready to wait for the sun to rise before launching a final attack on the enemy! The atmosphere in the whole city is very solemn!

Time passed imperceptibly, and the sun rose in the east.

Yang Gui stepped onto the war horse and glanced back at the fearless soldiers behind him. An impulse suddenly surged in my heart, and I only felt that it was not in vain to fight and die with these brothers!

However, at this moment, the lookout at the head of the city suddenly shouted: "General, many of the enemy's troops have withdrawn!" ”

Yang Gui was greatly surprised, and quickly jumped off his horse and rushed to the city. Looking outside the city, I saw that most of the enemy troops outside the city had already set camp and headed north. Yang Gui suddenly felt a shock in his heart and shouted, "It's not good, they are going to deal with Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Gui guessed correctly, the reason why the Crusaders transferred the large army away was that they received Karn's order, and they were ready to concentrate their forces to ensure that Yang Peng and his Ming army under his command were eliminated in Saulan City.

At this time, the crusaders under the city of Salan had been besieging for several days, the walls of the entire city were in tatters, the remains of all kinds of siege equipment outside the city were scattered, and the corpses of the crusaders under the city walls were piled up! After several days of fierce fighting, the crusaders paid an extremely heavy price, but they never managed to attack Saulan City!

Seeing that the enemy was incredibly stubborn and his men were tired, Karn ordered his troops to halt their attacks and rest on the spot, preparing to wait for the arrival of the army on Chach's side before launching a full-scale attack.

The Crusaders paused their attacks and rested on the spot, while the Ming army seized the time to collect the corpses and repair the city walls.

Yan Ji walked into the room and saw her lover falling asleep on the chair, she couldn't help but feel distressed, and quickly took a robe and gently covered him. Looking at his lover's face, he couldn't help but feel infinite tenderness in his heart and smiled slightly. Squatted down next to his lover, leaned his head on his lover's lap, closed his eyes, and showed a look of enjoyment.

A few days later, soldiers and horses from Chachi arrived. Karn rested for another day, and early the next morning the city began to shake the sky with drums and trumpets, and the army enveloped the city in a tidal wave.

Yang Peng stood on the city wall and looked at the enemy army like a sea with a grim expression. Fan Long next to him couldn't help but scold: "Fuck! Relying on the strength of the crowd, the crowd wants to besiege on all sides! ”

Yang Peng said: "Pass the order down and prepare for battle." Fan Long clenched his fists and ran down.

Soon after, the Crusaders attacked from all sides, like a rising tide crashing heavily against the walls of the four walls. At the head of the city, at the gap, the soldiers of both sides fought repeatedly, and the corpses were piled up like a mountain of blood stained the city wall! The attacking side is certainly fierce and abnormal, and the defending side is even more fearless of death! Such a bloody battle lasted for two days, and all the crusader soldiers were deeply shocked by the bravery and resilience of the Ming army!

On the third day, the Crusaders used a lot of gunpowder to blow up the walls one after another, and by this point, Salam's walls were almost completely destroyed. The crusader army poured into the city from all directions, and the remnants of the Ming Dynasty continued to fight the enemy in the streets! More than a dozen Ming soldiers on the street on this side fell into the enemy's encirclement and died in battle, a group of Ming troops in the alley successfully ambushed the crusaders who crashed into the alley with their heads covered, only to see all the Ming officers and soldiers leap out, slash and kill the past, and in a blink of an eye, this group of crusaders was slashed to nothing!

Hundreds of crusaders stormed a courtyard, and the number of Ming troops guarding the courtyard was too small, although they resisted desperately, they were still rushed into the courtyard by the crusaders, and in the melee, only flesh and blood flew everywhere! In the face of the absolutely superior enemy army, the officers and soldiers of Yanyun were like tigers fighting wolves, and they died in bloody battles one by one! When the battle was over, the victorious crusaders did not feel the joy of victory at all, and the corpses were strewn all over the place, most of them were officers and soldiers of their crusaders! These Ming officers and soldiers who were under siege fought desperately, killing and wounding many more enemy soldiers than themselves, knowing that they were exhausted and fell in a pool of blood!

"Let's see if there's anything alive!" A crusader officer shouted.

At this moment, a dying Ming soldier used his last strength to ignite the powder keg beside him. When the crusader officer saw this, his face changed suddenly, and he exclaimed, "What are you doing?" Before the sound fell, an earth-shattering bang suddenly exploded. Smoke and dust billowed and flames churned, and dozens of crusader officers and soldiers present were torn to shreds by the powerful shock wave! 、

Although the Ming army everywhere is in a desperate situation, they are desperately fighting back, and as long as there is still a breath, they will die with the enemy. Although the Crusaders had the upper hand, they did not feel easy at all, and each step was extremely costly.

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