Chapter 922. cannibalism
Brother Ye Hugh immediately said to Xiao Zonghan and Xiao Zongfu: "You immediately lead the soldiers and horses to arrest Xiao Gan and me!" ”
Ye Yu Zongfu immediately agreed to run down, Xiao Zonghan hesitated, and also promised and ran down.
Xiao Gan was looking at the map in his big tent and thinking about the strategy of retreating from the enemy, and he didn't close his eyes all night. At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and Xiao Gan couldn't help but feel strange. He immediately walked out of the tent and looked in the direction from which the noise came. I saw Xiao Zonghan and Xiao Zongfu pouring into the barracks with more than 1,000 iron horses, pushing away all the sergeants who went to stop them, which was very rude.
Xiao Gan couldn't help frowning, seeing them coming to him, he asked angrily, "It's too rude for you to break into my military camp like this!" ”
Xiao Zongfu snorted coldly and said triumphantly: "Xiao Gan will not leave, your counterplot has been revealed, and you will be caught quickly!" ”
Xiao Gan was surprised, and said angrily: "What a conspiracy!" You don't want to spew blood! Your Majesty is wise and martial, you slander me so much, I will not spare you! ”
Xiao Zongfu said with a smile: "Don't dream, Your Majesty ordered us to take you!" Come on, take down the rebel minister Xiao Gan for me! All the ironclad soldiers stood up and stepped forward together. Xiao Gan's subordinates immediately drew their swords and shouted, "Who dares!" The soldiers around Xiao Gan also drew their swords and unsheathed them to surround Xiao Zongfu and Xiao Zonghan and his party, and the situation immediately became tense.
When Xiao Zonghan saw this scene, he was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't be impulsive, everyone! Then he said to Xiao Gan: "Dashuai, we have indeed come to invite you over by His Majesty's holy decree." If the handsome man is really white and flawless, why should he be afraid to face His Majesty? Seeing His Majesty, the handsome man can be justified, His Majesty is wise, and he will not wronged the handsome! Now that the enemy is present, the commander must not be angry and act rashly because of a moment of anger! ”
Xiao Gan said angrily: "You still know that it is the current enemy!" Then he looked at Xiao Zongfu fiercely and said, "Xiao Zongfu, I think eighty percent of this matter was picked up by you!" Isn't it just a singer? I didn't expect you to be so vicious! ”
Xiao Zongfu was furious and shouted: "Hugh wants to pull around, do you want to follow us!" ”
Xiao Gan turned his head to look at Xiao Zonghan and said, "I believe in you." Then he said to all the soldiers under his command: "Everyone put away all the weapons!" They are all their own brothers, what are they doing against each other! When the soldiers heard Xiao Gan's words, they put away their swords one after another.
Xiao Gan didn't leave, and then said to Xiao Zonghan: "I'll go with you." Xiao Zonghan said honestly: "Thank you for taking the overall situation first!" ”
Xiao Gan didn't leave the moment, even if he was about to step forward, the generals surrounded him, and one of the generals said worriedly: "Dashuai, you are only afraid of more evil and less auspicious!" The other ministers echoed each other, all worried.
Xiao Gan patted a subordinate on the shoulder, turned his head to look at Xiao Zongfu, and said, "I believe that Your Majesty is wise!" As long as I see Your Majesty, I can tell you about it! If I don't go, I will be guilty of some people's false accusations! Xiao Zongfu smiled coldly.
Xiao Gan did not leave to appease the military under his command, so he followed Xiao Zonghan and Xiao Zongfu alone.
Xiao Gan Buli followed Xiao Zonghan and Xiao Zongfu into the main hall, only to see that both sides of the main hall were full of samurai with heavy armor and big axes, and the atmosphere was solemn, Xiao Gan couldn't help frowning. He couldn't help but wonder what had happened to make His Majesty treat him like this.
Xiao Gan couldn't leave and saw Brother Ye Hugh sitting on the top dragon chair with a gloomy face, and immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed: "The last general will meet Your Majesty!" ”
"Humph! You still know that I am your majesty! ”
Xiao Gan didn't hesitate and asked puzzledly: "The last general really doesn't understand, what happened to make His Majesty doubt the loyalty of the last general?" ”
Brother Ye Hugh immediately threw the letter in front of Xiao Gan, and said coldly: "See for yourself! ”
Xiao Gan hurriedly picked up the letter and read it, his face changed suddenly, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, this is obviously the enemy's counter-plot!" Your Majesty must not be fooled! ”
Brother Ye Hugh said angrily: "I can tell if this is the enemy's counter-plan!" ”
Xiao Zongfu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Gan is not leaving the collusion with other places, the evidence is conclusive, please immediately show the law to the public to set an example!" ”
Xiao Gan couldn't leave and glared at Xiao Zongfu angrily. Xiao Zonghan hurriedly defended Gan Buli and said: "Your Majesty, the last general thinks that Xiao Gan Buli is innocent!" If there is a ghost in your heart, why do you not resist in the face of our arrest? If he resists, we won't be able to bring him over with more than a thousand ironclad troops! In fact, thanks to Xiao Gan's inseparable commander who stopped the commotion, otherwise it would have caused civil strife just now! ”
Brother Ye Hugh showed a look of thought, and Xiao Zonghan's words moved him a little.
Xiao Zongfu said urgently: "Your Majesty, this is completely a trick that Xiao Gan is playing!" Your Majesty must not be deceived by him! ”
Xiao Zonghan and Xiao Zongfu both insisted on their own words, and they seemed to make sense, but Brother Ye Hugh only felt that he was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.
At this moment, there were suddenly bursts of war drums and shouts of killing outside. Everyone was startled and looked outside.
An officer hurried in, reporting urgently; "Your Majesty, the enemy army is attacking the city!" Yelu Hugo hurriedly ordered: "Order all the troops to go to the city to defend against the enemy!" The officer answered and ran down.
The various units of the Jin army hurriedly climbed the city wall to prepare for war, including the 30,000 remnants brought back by Xiao Gan.
The Khitan soldiers saw that the Ming army was approaching the city wall, but they only shouted loudly, but they did not really attack. However, the Khitan soldiers did not dare to be careless.
Suddenly, a Ming war cavalry left the big formation and galloped towards the city wall guarded by Xiao Gan's troops. Seeing this, the Khitan generals immediately shouted: "Crossbowmen prepare!" The crossbowman immediately bent his bow and set his arrows ready to fire.
However, the Ming warrior did not go straight to the city wall, but stopped at a long distance from the city wall, shot a wave of arrows at the city wall, and then hit the horse and left.
When the Khitan soldiers saw that the enemy had released a wave of arrows and left, they only felt inexplicable. Immediately, everyone found that the arrows shot by the Ming army were tied to the arrow book, so they took them down and looked at them. I saw that some arrow books wrote about the unconditional distribution of land to civilians in various parts of the Liao State occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and advised them not to work for the Liao court that harmed their relatives; Some arrow books say that Brother Ye Hugh has detained Xiao Gan, and it will be their turn next, if they don't hurry up to join Daming, it won't be long before everyone dies! The previous news made the officers and soldiers of the Liao State can't help but be shaken and yearning, but the latter news makes them very panicked.
And at this moment, a subordinate general under Xiao Zongfu came to inspect this city wall, found the content of the arrow book, and immediately became furious, accusing the officers and soldiers of intending to rebel!
A general immediately shouted: "Brothers, our commander has been killed by Brother Yahu! If we stay any longer, we will all die! It's the other way around! This shout was like a spark in a powder keg, and the soldiers under Xiao Gan's command roared angrily, even if someone rushed up and cut the general and his guards who came to inspect into pulp! Immediately, 30,000 soldiers and horses stormed the West City Gate!
The defenders near the city gate were Xiao Zongfu's soldiers and horses, and they hurriedly resisted in the face of Xiao Gan's sudden attack without leaving the soldiers and horses, and the city was in chaos.
The alarm soon reached the palace. Brother Ye Hugh was furious, and shouted at Xiao Gan: "You still say that you didn't rebel!" Come on, push him down and cut him down! ”
Xiao Gan was also shocked when he heard that all the soldiers and horses under his command were reversed, and he couldn't defend himself at all, even Xiao Zonghan, who had always been interested in defending him, couldn't help but wonder if his previous judgment was wrong? Several ironclad guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Xiao Gan down.
Yang Peng was immediately under the banner of Shuai, and heard the sound of killing in the city from a distance, and the Khitan army on the city wall was already in a battle. Smiling and saying to Ya Yu Guanyin next to him: "It seems that my plan has worked!" Ya Yu Guanyin teased: "Treacherous like you, how can others still live!" ”
Yang Peng laughed, raised his right hand and waved forward.
The drums of the Ming Dynasty sounded earth-shatteringly, and tens of thousands of Ming elites swept towards the West City Gate like angry waves under the leadership of Yang Jing and Duan Zhixian.
The Khitan army had already been mixed into a mess by itself, and it was unable to resist the Ming elite at all, and was entered into the city by the Ming elite. The soldiers of the Khitan army were already in chaos because of Xiao Gan's inseparable defection, and at this time, they saw tens of thousands of Ming elites rushing in like wolves, where they could still resist, and they collapsed one after another, like a sand bank in front of a huge wave. Xiao Gan did not leave the army to follow the Ming army to chase and kill the Khitan army, and directly killed the Khitan army's corpses and alleys, and the streets and alleys were full of blood and ditches!
The urgent news continued to reach the palace, and Ye Hugh was shocked and hurriedly fled with his concubine. The remnants of the defeated army will follow. A large crowd fled from the east gate in a panic and headed straight northeast. The light cavalry led by Yang Xiong and the Xuanjia army led by Yang Zaixing pursued all the way.
Yang Peng entered Liaoyang Mansion surrounded by soldiers. At this time, the battle was basically over, and many officers and soldiers were cleaning up the corpses on the streets, almost all of them Khitan soldiers.
Yang Peng led the generals to the Tokyo Palace, turned around and smiled and said to the generals: "This battle is much easier than originally expected!" Gao Hu couldn't help but say admiringly: "Your Majesty is clever, and before you attack, you will cause the Khitan people to have internal strife!" ”
Yang Peng smiled: "Thanks to Brother Ye Hugh for being so suspicious!" ”
The crowd burst into laughter.
There was a noise of footsteps at the door, and several Khitan generals followed Duan Zhixian in and bowed down. Duan Zhixian hugged his fists and said: "Big brother, these Khitan army generals are the generals who lead the army under their command anyway, I will bring them to see the eldest brother!" "Those Khitan generals kowtowed together;" Meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! ”
Yang Peng glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, otherwise our army would not have been able to take Liaoyang Mansion so smoothly." ”
The older general sighed and said, "Actually, we have to wait......
Yang Peng said: "From now on, you are not the Khitan army, but the Ming army, and you are temporarily under the command of Ye Yu Guanyin, the general manager of the Northeast Marching Army." The generals bowed down in agreement, bowed to Yayo Guanyin, and retreated to the end to stand.
Yang Peng looked at Duan Zhixian and asked, "What about Yang Jing?" ”
Duan Zhixian said with a smile: "He is still searching for remnants in the city, I will come back first and report to my eldest brother." After a pause, as if he had forgotten something, he hurriedly said from the adjutant general next to him: "Alas! What's the situation, you report it to the eldest brother for me! Everyone knew that he must have forgotten again, and they couldn't help but laugh.
The deputy general responded, and then bowed to Yang Peng: "Your Majesty, the enemy's 100,000 army and 50,000 people's army, except for the 30,000 soldiers and horses anyway, most of the rest were annihilated, and about 20,000 people fled. In addition, most of the nobles and ministers were trapped in the city and did not have time to escape. The losses of our army were minimal, only some of the soldiers and horses were lost anyway. ”
Yang Peng smiled and nodded, "Very good!" Then he said to Ya Yu Guanyin: "You sit in Liaoyang for me!" "Ye Yu Guanyin knew Yang Peng's plan and promised to protect him.
Yang Peng glanced at the generals and said, "All the military government troops stay, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will follow me to pursue Brother Yehu Hugh!" "All the generals agreed together.
Soon after, Yang Peng led the Ming army out of Liaoyang Mansion, followed the direction of their escape, and chased them straight to the northeast.
Along the way, the battle reports from the front kept coming: the light cavalry led by Huyan Chijin intercepted the rear of the enemy army and captured countless pieces, and the Xuanjia army led by Zhan Jin Guo fought a big battle with the enemy army who came to break off, killing countless ,......
The Khitan army was defeated all the way, and tried to block the pursuit of the Ming army many times, but it was defeated in front of the unstoppable Ming war cavalry, and finally retreated into Changbai Mountain.
It is said that Xiao Zonggan received an order from Brother Ye Hugh to attack Linhuang Mansion, and he immediately led an army of 100,000 to rush out and drive straight to the west. Annihilated the 1,000 Ming army guarding the Hula fortress, and the army continued to advance westward. However, at this time, bad news suddenly came from the south, His Majesty was defeated and escaped from Liaoyang, Liaoyang has been occupied by the Ming army, and the soldiers and horses guarding Liaoyang are almost completely wiped out! Xiao Zonggan was filled with grief and indignation, in view of the fact that Liaoyang had been lost, Xiao Zonggan knew that the strategy of attacking Linhuang Mansion was no longer feasible! Immediately abandoned the Khitan army's plan to Linhuang Mansion and led the army to retreat to Meng'an, Tunhe. Fortifications were built to prepare for the Ming army, which could appear at any time, and at the same time messengers were sent to Changbai Mountain to contact Ye Hugo.
At the same time that Xiao Zonggan hurriedly retreated to Tunhe Meng'an, the Mongolian Khan Rakshen was leading more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry to besiege Jingbian City, which is now Manzhouli City. Guarding Jingbian City are 30,000 military troops, who rely on the city walls to resist the Mongol attack! For several days, the Mongol cavalry launched numerous onslaught attacks but failed to take the city!
And at this moment, the news of the loss of Liaoyang, the flight of Brother Ye Hugh to the east, and Xiao Zonggan's retreat of the small army followed. Raksheng couldn't help but panic, quickly stopped the attack, and then sent a messenger to ask the Ming Emperor to plead guilty, hoping that the Ming Emperor would forgive him!
When the Mongol envoy came to Yang Peng's camp, Yang Peng's army had already bypassed Changbai Mountain and captured the city of Duen on the eastern side of Changbai Mountain. The city is the city of Tumen in the eastern part of modern Jilin Province, bordering North Korea to the south. At this time, guarding the city was a Khitan general named Haji, who saw that the Ming army was killed, and he led more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians in the city to resist desperately! However, the walls of Dunt'en City are short, how can they withstand the onslaught of the Ming army! In less than half a day, the Ming army entered the city! And the soldiers and civilians in the city still fought to the death with the Ming army, and the vicious battle lasted until the evening, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were almost killed and wounded, and the battle was over! I saw that the streets and alleys were full of corpses! And the Khitan general Haji naturally didn't survive!
Why are the soldiers and civilians here willing to follow Haji and fight the Ming army to the end? This also starts with the person of Haji, who was originally the Shangshu of the Liao court, but was only framed for offending the powerful because he was upright, and was relegated to this remote city of Dunthorn to serve as the prefect. After this Haji arrived, he was diligent in government and loved the people, enforced the law fairly, and the local people respected him very much! Previously, the Liao court ordered the ransacking of the people in order to raise military funds, but Haji disobeyed! This incident made the local people love him even more, and everyone was willing to serve him to the death! Because of this, when the Ming army came, the local people were willing to follow Haji and fight the Ming army to the end! Although there is no regular Khitan army guarding this place, it has also made the Ming army waste a lot of effort and pay a lot of price!
Yang Peng admired Haji's character, and after occupying Duen, he ordered Haji to be buried thickly.
The Mongolian envoy rushed to the city of Duen in the starry night, saw Yang Peng, and immediately prostrated on the ground to pay respects.
Yang Peng looked down at the Mongolian envoy lying on the ground and said, "I know what you're here for?" You don't have to say anything, just go back and tell Laksin that he only has two ways to go, either lead the tribe to surrender or be wiped out by our army! ! The Mongol envoy did not dare to say anything more, and crawled out of the big tent.
Yang Peng thought for a while, picked up the pen and wrote a letter, put it into the cover, and wrote the four big characters 'Guanyin personally opened' on the cover. He handed the letter to Li Lang and instructed: "Immediately pass it to Guanyin with a flying pigeon!" Li Lang promised, took the letter with both hands, and ran down.
Soon after, Yang Peng received a report from Gao Hu, saying that Ye Yu Xiu Ge and others, who had retreated into Changbai Mountain, had withdrawn from Pale City and fled north after learning the news of the fall of Duen City, and he had led his soldiers and horses to follow the enemy's tracks and pursue them. Yang Peng immediately ordered Gao Hu to lead the army to march forward and go straight to Tunhe Meng'an.
Early the next morning, Yang Peng left only 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard the city of Blun, and he himself led a large group of soldiers and horses out of the city of Blun to cross the Tumen River, and connected to Aba City and Uta City. The Ming army attacked for two days and could not break the enemy. At this moment, the south wind suddenly rose, and Yang Peng ordered the soldiers to take advantage of the wind to set fire. When the fire followed the wind, the wind helped the fire, and I saw the flames rolling straight towards the mountains.
The Khitan army guarding the mountain was burned to the ground and screamed, and Xiao Harhan hurriedly led the army to retreat down the mountain. When they came to the bottom of the mountain, there were less than 1,000 men left of their 3,000 soldiers and horses. Xiao Harhan hurriedly led the remnants of the army to meet and retreat to the city of Supin, and called on the people to take all the grain, grass, baggage, gold, silver and jewelry and abandon the city to the east, and then set a fire.
It is said that Yang Peng used the strategy of fire attack to defeat the Khitan army on the Penyu Ridge, and waited at the bottom of the ridge for a day, the fire was extinguished, and the Ming army immediately crossed the Penlang Ridge.
At noon, the army marched to the foot of the city, only to see that a huge city had been burned to ruins. The city of Supin, which is now Ussuriysk in the Russian Far East, was the territory of the Liao State at this time. Soon after, the scouts rushed to tell him that the soldiers and civilians of the Speed Frequency Road had retreated to the east under the command of Xiao Harhan, the commander of the Speed Frequency Road. This is also lazy and settling on the coast three or four hundred miles east of the Super Frequency Road, which is probably the seaside town called Olga at the southern foot of the Hot Mountains in the present-day Russian Far East.
Yang Peng learned that the other party had fled to a coastal city three or four hundred miles away, and in view of the fact that there was not much food and grass, he ordered the army to stop at Supin Road.
That night, Yang Peng received a report from Gao Hu that the army he led had reached Meng'an, Tunhe, and attacked several times without making any progress. Gao Hu said in his report: Our army has been fighting continuously for a long time, and the men and horses are very tired, as if 'the strength of the strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Minye'. The last general thinks that there should be a truce for the time being, and wait until next year to continue the attack!
Yang Peng thought about it for a while, then wrote a reply letter and asked Li Lang to send it. Yang Peng walked out of the big tent, looked up at the starry sky, and his face was full of thoughts, his thoughts had now flown to Jingbian City.
It is said that Rakshen learned that the Khitans were defeated like a mountain, and in panic, he quickly stopped the attack, and sent an envoy to ask for peace with the Ming Dynasty. However, the messenger's reward disappointed him. Seeing that the Ming Emperor would not let himself go, and he was unwilling to bow down to him, he simply made a desperate attempt to storm Jingbian City! More than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry continued to storm around Jingbian City, and fierce battles were fought from morning to night! Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Jingbian City was in danger!
However, at this moment, an astonishing news came from the rear of Lakshin: "Great Khan, it's not good! Cao Jun led 100,000 military troops to sweep the royal court! The Banyan Deer King was killed in battle, and all the 5,000 warriors under his command were wiped out! The news exploded like thunder above Lakshin's head, and he was dizzy. Then he came back to his senses and hurriedly ordered: "If the order goes down, the army will immediately stop attacking and retreat to Beihai!" ”
The defenders of Jingbian City had reached their limit, and they were about to be unable to hold it, and everyone looked terrified. These military government troops are not as good as the main force of the Ming Dynasty, and when they are in this desperate situation, they still can't help but feel scared!
"Huh? The enemy retreated! Someone shouted in infinite surprise.
When everyone heard this, they rushed to the edge of the wall and looked into the distance, and sure enough, they saw that the Mongol army was pulling out the camp, the bonfire was extinguished, the flags were rolled up, and the hundreds of thousands of troops were gone. Seeing this scene, Yan Yun couldn't help but cheer.
Soon after, more than 100,000 military troops led by Yelu Guanyin arrived at Jingbian City, and when they learned the news of the Mongol army's retreat to the north, they immediately led the army to chase after them. The Mongol army had no intention of fighting at all, and retreated all the way to the northwest.
Seeing this, everyone may feel strange: why did Ya Yu Guanyin lead more than 100,000 military troops to suddenly appear in Jingbian City, and why did Cao Jun lead 100,000 military troops to break into the Beihai region?
In fact, the reason is very simple, when Yang Peng rejected Lakshen's request for peace, he expected that with his character, he would be desperate, so Feige passed a letter to Ye Yu Guanyin and asked him to act according to the plan. After receiving Yang Peng's summons, Ye Yu Guanyin ordered Cao Jun to enter Beihai in the north while mobilizing a large army to support Jingbian City. That's why we are here.
Lakshin was anxious to return to his territory, but the Ming Imperial Concubine led the army in hot pursuit. Lakshen couldn't help but get annoyed, feeling that since the royal court had been attacked by the enemy, it was useless for him to hurry back, so he simply reflexively went over and annihilated the Ming army of Ye Yu Guanyin, so that the Ming army would not dare to provoke me easily! As soon as he thought of this, he immediately ordered all the armies to turn around and face the battle. So more than 100,000 Mongolian troops turned around to fight against Yehu Guanyin, and for a while, the smoke and dust were billowing and murderous, and the rolling tide swept straight towards the army of Yehu Guanyin.
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Ya Yu Guanyin are all military army, no matter the fighting spirit, tactics, or equipment can not be compared with the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, and now facing the desperate hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops, I am afraid that it is more than auspicious!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.