The sight shifted to the battlefield on the Western Front, and it was said that the soldiers and horses led by Yang Peng retreated to Isfahan, and when they saw the enemy approaching, they immediately abandoned Isfahan, and the army retreated to the Alborz Mountains on the coast of the north coast. At the same time, the Ming army on the southern route also retreated all the way, and finally retreated to Zahedan in the east of Persia, resisting the attack of the enemy's southern army according to the mountainous city. The Ming army's northern route army also retreated to the Alborz Mountains, joined forces with the soldiers and horses led by Yang Peng, and contained the attack of the middle and northern armies of the Shenluo Middle Road and the North Route according to the dangerous terrain of the Alborz Mountains.

Today, the battle line between the Ming and the HRE has shifted from the former central region of Persia to the northern and eastern border areas. The HRE army swarmed and swooped, one after the other, and the offensive was like a tide; The Ming army, on the other hand, relied on the dangerous mountain terrain to resist and repelled wave after wave of ferocious attacks by the Shinra. However, the battle situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ming army. The strength of the HRE army is too large, and there are a large number of new artillery, and the local area is not far from the Arab region, so the logistics supply is very convenient; The Ming side is different, the long journey to come, the logistics supply is very inconvenient, although you can loot the grain and grass on the spot, but the quantity is limited after all, in addition, due to the long distance, the heavy cannon transportation is difficult, at this time, the Ming cannons are still near the Khorezm Sea, and it is far from being transported!

Another day of fierce fighting is over. The Ming army finally rested, and Shi Ping reported to Yang Peng the casualties of this day: "Your Majesty, today, our army has more than 3,000 killed and more than 3,000 wounded. The enemy's artillery is so fierce that almost half of our soldiers were killed or wounded under the enemy's artillery fire! Although our army is on the mountain, the enemy has an artillery superiority, and our army's geographical advantage can be said to be completely neutralized! ”

Yang Peng saw that the sun had set, and the earth became dark in an instant, and the originally clear skyline had now turned into a hazy and vague undulating outline. Yang Peng said to Shi Ping: "You are watching here, I'll go back and rest." "Shi Ping promised to protect it.

Yang Peng returned to the big tent, sat down, and looked at the handsome case in front of him in a daze.

Soft footsteps sounded. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts and looked towards the door, only to see Yan Ji in a military uniform walking in.

Yang Peng smiled slightly, "You're here?" ”

Yan Ji smiled, and then said, "General Li Xu's messenger has arrived. ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Let him in." Yan Ji immediately raised his voice outside: "Come in." ”

As soon as the voice fell, I saw an officer rushing in, clenching his fists and saying, "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Peng said: "No need to be polite. Say, what's the situation on Hua Rong's side? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, General Li Xu specially ordered his subordinates to report to Your Majesty, everything is as usual on our side, and the enemy army has not launched an attack today."

Yang Peng thought for a moment and said to the officer: "Go back and tell Li Xu that he should be careful and take precautions, and he must not be careless!" The longer the enemy army does not attack them, the greater the danger on their side! The officer answered and ran down. As mentioned above, the Middle Route Army led by Yang Peng and the Northern Route Army led by Li Xu both retreated to the Alborz Mountains, and the two armies were camped according to the Alborz Mountains, less than 20 miles apart, and they were horns and supported each other.

Yan Ji said: "Shenluo only attacks us and doesn't attack Li Xu, I don't know what it means?" Or maybe there's some conspiracy in it! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "There is either a conspiracy in this, or some considerations of Catherine. But no matter what their intentions are, we just need to be vigilant and defend to the death. Sometimes, you don't have to think too much about it. ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but nodded, and then sighed: "The concubine has also followed her husband through many battles. But never before has I felt so stressed! ”

Yang Peng smiled, "This is normal. After all, this time we faced a different opponent than usual. ”

Yan Ji smiled: "My husband will definitely laugh at me!" In the face of such a formidable opponent, I can't help but wonder how good it would be without war! ”

Yang Peng laughed, stood up, and walked in front of Yan Ji. Holding Yan Ji's slender hand, he smiled: "I won't laugh at you, because I have such thoughts myself!" Yan Ji showed a look of surprise, "I thought my husband was enjoying this feeling of conquest!" Yang Peng smiled: "Your husband and I are not a psychopath, I don't want to live a good life, but I have to work the battlefield!" "As I said before, it is human nature for anyone to love peace and hate war as much as he likes leisure. However, joy and pain, comfort and war, like day and night, are forever inseparable. If you want peace, go to fight! Where can there be a comfortable peace without brutal fighting? Eternal peace can only be ushered in by constant fighting! Looking at Yan Ji, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "So, although your husband doesn't like war in his life, I'm afraid he will fight forever!" Alas, this is fate! ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but sigh and looked at her lover: "My husband has gained the supreme glory, but he has lost the happiness that the most ordinary people can have!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "The higher the status, the heavier the responsibility!" Since I am in this position, it is my duty to fight for everyone! Then he sneered and said: "What I hate and despise the most is the kind of waste who is high up and will only use power to blackmail the common people in the country to praise him, but is helpless and courageless in the face of outsiders!" I wondered, why are you sitting in that position when it's waste? Isn't it funny that the people praise you in front of you, and carry your back to your mother? ”

Yan Ji chuckled and said, "I'm afraid that most of the emperors are the kind of people that the husband said!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, frowned, and said: "Under the influence of the so-called 'virtue' of Confucianism, the most unique waste politics of our country has been maintained. No country wants us, the vast majority of emperors in history are waste! It's unimaginable for this kind of thing to happen to other countries! But it also shows how good our nation is! If you look at other nations or countries, as long as there is a waste, it will basically ruin the country, and there are few exceptions! But our nation is different, although there are so many wastes, but each dynasty and generation can still hold on for so long, this is also a miracle! ”

Yan Ji nodded sympathetically and said, "Big brother is right. For example, in the Song Dynasty, since the first few emperors, almost all of them were waste, and when it came to Emperor Zhao Heng, it was even more miserable! However, the Song Dynasty still stands, even if it was swept through the entire north by the Khitans, there were still figures such as Yang Yanzhao, Gao Hu, and Cao Jun who turned the tide! I think there is no husband who rises in Yanyun, with these loyal ministers and famous generals, the Liao State will never be able to destroy the Song Dynasty! ”

Yang Peng nodded and said teasingly: "But the royal family of the Song Dynasty settled down a little, and began to plan the persecution of Yang Yanzhao, a famous general who can fight well." This kind of thing would be a strange thing if it were placed in another country. ”

Yan Ji said with a smile: "The concubine heard from her husband that Zhao Heng did this because he was worried that Yang Yanzhao and others would really defeat the Khitans, and his status would not be guaranteed; Second, they are worried that Yang Yanzhao and others are too powerful, and they will continue to grow themselves in the war, and they will threaten their position in the future. That's why Zhao Heng colluded with Wang Qinruo and others to murder Yang Yanzhao's family. ”

Yang Peng nodded, "Yes, that's the reason. He looked at Yan Ji and asked, "But have you thought about it, then why does Zhao Heng have these thoughts?" Yan Ji was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but shake her head.

Yang Peng smiled and said, "The reason is very simple, because Zhao Heng is a waste. Waste is in a dominant position, and the most worrying thing is not a foreign enemy, but the rebellion of the domestic people, such as the Mingjiao back then. In addition, what they are most worried about is Yang Yanzhao, a military general who can fight well and is famous, for fear that he will seize power. Although people like Zhao Heng are waste, they still have a little self-knowledge, and they know very well that with their kind of waste, once people like Yang Yanzhao rebel, they will only have a dead end. Therefore, the two wolf mountain incident is not absurd in fact, it is just an inevitable manifestation of waste politics. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Because of the 'Confucian virtues', this kind of waste politics has been produced, and in order to maintain its own rule, the waste has to constantly strengthen the 'Confucian virtues' and rely on the Confucian system to maintain its waste rule. In this way, a vicious circle is formed, in which the rulers of our country are getting weaker and weaker, while the oppression and mental control of the people are getting stronger and stronger. There's one thing that's very interesting. Our rulers always give the impression of being very cowardly to outsiders, who think we are easy to bully, so they always use troops against us. However, after each war, they were surprised to find that China did not seem to be as weak as they expected, and they themselves were often deflated by the rash use of troops. Hehe, this can be regarded as Confucianism harming people. ”

Yan Ji couldn't help but smile and said teasingly: "If the husband can't say a few words, he will make fun of Confucianism." I think in my last life, my husband and that Confucius must be great enemies! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said, "If this is the case, I would have slaughtered him with a knife at that time, and it would have saved him from making this to harm our nation." After a pause, he frowned and said, "Actually, Kong Laoer's starting point can't be said to be wrong. However, this doctrine of yearning for the good was completely wrong from the beginning! Why talk too much about the good things in the world, thinkers should constantly remind everyone of the bad side! Saying too many good things will only make people have an illusion, so as to lose their vigilance and lose their competitiveness, only by constantly reminding everyone of the bad things, can everyone stay vigilant, in order to keep the good things! ”

Yan Ji didn't understand for a while, thought about it, understood a little, and couldn't help but nodded.

Yang Peng smiled: "There is enough nonsense, it's not too early, we should also rest." Yan Ji smiled and nodded. ”

At the same time, in the tent of the Shinra army under the mountain.

Catherine sat at the top, and Marcel, the general, came in with a young man with a lewd expression and dressed in local clothes, and bowed to Catherine, "Your Majesty, this is a local hunter. Then he shouted at the Orion, "Kneel! The Orion was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees, and kowtowed vigorously, and muttered something that Catherine did not understand at all.

Catherine looked up at Marcel and said, "You ask him if there is a way around these two mountain passes in front of him." If he can tell us such a path, I will reward him with a pound of gold. ”

Marcel immediately whispered something to the Orion in the native language. The hunter looked surprised, and quickly replied with a mutter. Marcel immediately said to Catherine, "Your Majesty, he said he knew of a path that would go around the current mountain pass. ”

Catherine's eyes lit up, "Ask him where that road is, and if anyone else knows?" ”

Marcel immediately asked, and the Orion answered. Marcel immediately said to Catherine: "He said that the path was more than ten miles east of the mountain pass in front of him, and only a few hunters knew about it, and half of the people did not know it. ”

Catherine thought for a moment, and immediately said to Marcel: "You take a team and let him lead the way, and see if this path is feasible." Marcel bowed in agreement.

Marcel followed Catherine's orders and led hundreds of elite soldiers to follow the Orion to find the path.

At night, the group went straight to the east, although there was a bright moon on the head, but the vision at night was still very dim. In the ordinary woods and mountains during the day, now they have become hideous and terrifying monsters with teeth and claws. In order to avoid being detected by the Ming people, the group made a detour to the south of the long road.

After walking on the road for more than half an hour, I came to the bottom of the mountains. Looking up, I saw that the mountains in front of me were like a black screen that was grounding in front of me.

Orion pointed to the mountain and said, "The path is up there. It was through this path that I went to the lake on the other side of the mountain to hunt and fish. ”

Marcel looked in the direction of his finger and said, "Lead the way." Orion answered, and went ahead. Marcel led hundreds of his men to follow. The mountain road is rugged, and there are strange rocks, and everyone is one foot deep and the other foot is shallow, winding and climbing upward. Marcel asked angrily, "This is the path you are talking about?" The Orion answered.

The group followed Orion to climb the mountain, and after two quarters of an hour, they saw a steep cliff with a thousand walls in front of them, which was more than twenty meters high. Marcel said angrily: "Is there a way here?" Can you climb up? ”

The Orion hurriedly led Marcel and the others to a mountain wall. Marcel saw that the mountain wall here was different from the rest, and a one-meter-sized gap had been opened, and several thick vines hung in the gap. Orion pointed to the vine and said, "You can climb it up with it." "Then he climbed first, and his skills were very athletic, like an ape in the night. Marcel immediately led the crowd to follow.

The group finally climbed the cliff with great effort, but there was a higher cliff in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but cry bitterly. Fortunately, there was also a crack in the cliff, and there were vines in the cracks, and the group climbed up through the vines. Immediately they were greeted by a steep hill with strange rocks, and after a difficult trek, everyone finally reached the top of the slope. These Shinra elites were all tired like dead dogs, lying on the ground one by one and panting, and they couldn't care about the military appearance and posture at all.

Marcel sat on the ground and panted and said, "Also, how far is it?" ”

The Orion said, "We're at the top. ”

Marcel hurriedly raised his eyes and looked around, only to see a peak in the west reaching into the night sky, much higher than where he was, and there were many lights on it, which was the peak where Emperor Yang Peng led his army to station. Although the Ming army was located at the mountain pass, it also set up camps on the top of the high mountains on both sides, which were condescending to better resist the enemy's attack.

Marcel saw the peak of Yang Pengjun's station, and couldn't help but get excited. He quickly looked between the two, and saw that between the peak and the place where he was, there was a very steep peak, although it was not very high, and the path between the peak and the distant peak and to his side was obscure.

Marcel pointed to the distant peak and asked the Orion, "Is it possible to pass from here?" ”

Orion shook his head, "I can't get by." The cliff is too steep to climb. ”

Marcel pondered, "It seems that we can only get around here first, and then attack from behind." Then let Orion lead the way to the sea. Orion immediately led the way, and the group began to descend. The process of descending the mountain was very easy, and soon everyone was halfway up the mountain, and when they looked up, they saw sparkling waves in the distance, and Orion pointed and said, "General, there is the Caspian Sea!" ”

Marcel nodded excitedly. Then he saw a bright light near the sea in the distance to the west, and immediately pointed there and asked, "Is there the fortress of Amole?" Orion looked in the direction of Marcel's finger and nodded, "Yes, that's the Amolle Fortress." Marcel then asked, "Is there no problem getting from here to the fortress of Amole?" Orion shook his head and said, "No problem, it's a good journey." ”

Marcel led the group back the way they came. When he returned to the top of the mountain, he left two hundred elites to secretly garrison the place, and then returned to the camp as fast as he could. Marcel hurried to see Catherine, and when he saw Catherine, he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a way to bypass the mountain pass in front of you!" I've already made a trip, and there is no enemy garrison, and the enemy must not know where it is! After passing through the Alborz Mountains, you can directly attack the fortress of Amor! ”

When everyone heard this, they were all overjoyed. Catherine asked urgently, "Are you sure?" Marcel said with great certainty: "Absolutely!" Your Majesty, we can take the fortress of Amol first, and then the enemy army on the hill will be completely surrounded! It was only a matter of time before they were annihilated! ”

Catherine thought for a moment, and the secretary said resolutely: "That's it!" Then he said to Marcel: "Marcel, you lead 30,000 elite infantry to cross the Alborz Mountains through that path tomorrow night, and raid the fortress of Amole, and you must take it in one fell swoop!" Marcel bowed in agreement.

Early the next morning, the HRE army opened its camp as usual, approached the mountain pass, and set up a posture. However, this time the HRE army did not directly attack the mountain, but kept clamoring and insulting, as if to stimulate the Ming army to come down the mountain to fight a decisive battle with them.

Yang Peng stood on the city wall and looked down the mountain, and Huyan Chijin next to him smiled: "The enemy has nothing to do, so he has resorted to the trick of scolding!" There's a bird for this! Everyone laughed, but Yang Peng looked thoughtful and did not speak.

In the current situation, the difference in strength between the two sides is huge, and the enemy army still has a large number of powerful artillery, if the Ming army goes down the mountain, on the field, it will definitely fall into a trap soon, this kind of loss-making and unprofitable business Yang Peng will never do.

The enemy shouted and cursed for a long time, and seeing that the scolding was ineffective, they couldn't help but become anxious, pushed hundreds of cannons to the front of the formation, and began to bombard the mountain with a bang! The Ming army immediately retreated to avoid the artillery, and saw countless cannonballs whistling and flying, the trees on the mountain flying all over the sky, and the big trees were smashed by the whistling cannonballs, and the scene was extremely amazing.

At this time, a group of Shinra troops began to leave the large formation and surged towards the mountain, which was the usual infantry and artillery coordination tactics used by the HRE army.

The sentries who stayed at the front line to observe saw the enemy troops rushing up, and immediately rushed to Yang Peng to report: "Your Majesty, the enemy attack force has gone up the mountain!" ”

Huyan Chijin next to him immediately said: "Your Majesty, I will bring people up to defend!" With that, he was leaving.

Yang Peng shouted: "Wait a minute! Huyan Chijin stopped and looked at Yang Peng in puzzlement.

Yang Peng said to Shi Ping: "Bring five thousand cavalry over." Shi Ping immediately responded and ran down, and after a while, Shi Ping led five thousand cavalry to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, please give an order!" ”

Yang Peng ordered his soldiers to bring his black dragon, turned over on his horse, and picked up the iron horse lance. Everyone looked at Yang Peng in puzzlement, but Yan Ji understood what her lover meant, and immediately her face changed, and she rushed to Yang Peng's horse, grabbed the reins of the horse, and shouted: "Husband, how can you personally assault!" When everyone heard this, their hearts couldn't help but move and they understood Yang Peng's plan.

Yang Peng said lightly: "I am the supreme commander of Yang Peng's army, I don't go into battle to attack the enemy, who goes into battle to attack the enemy!" ”

Shi Ping knelt down one after another, and said loudly: "Please Your Majesty stay, the last general will lead the army to assault!" ”

Yang Peng said resolutely: "I have made up my mind!" Then he glanced at the five thousand war horsemen, and said loudly: "Yang Peng's warriors, follow me and kill the enemy!" The five thousand knights roared in unison.

Yang Peng pulled the reins of the horse, shook off Yan Ji, and then jumped out of the horse. Five thousand horsemen immediately followed, and thousands of troops and horses rushed out. Yan Ji saw that her lover did not listen to the advice, she was anxious and angry, and her tears couldn't help but flow.

Yang Peng led 5,000 war horsemen to rush down the hillside. At this time, the fierce artillery fire of the enemy army was still inflicting abuse, the hillside was full of grass and trees, and the earth and rocks were flying, and Yang Peng's war cavalry braved the fierce artillery fire of the enemy army and rushed straight down, as if a mountain flood had erupted!

Catherine was taken aback when she saw Yang Peng personally leading the army to assault, and hurriedly ordered the artillery to stop the bombardment.

The cannon fire had not stopped, and Yang Peng's war cavalry in the distance had already crashed heavily into the Shenluo army that was attacking the mountain. In an instant, a huge crashing sound rang out, and the fierce force knocked countless Shinra soldiers into the sky! The iron hooves rolled forward, unstoppable, and the HRE soldiers fell one after another! In an instant, Yang Peng's war cavalry swept the corpses of the Shenluo army all over the field and came to the bottom of the mountain!

Immediately, Yang Peng's war horse turned around one hundred and eighty degrees, and rushed up the mountain again, running to the Shenluo army, which had already been killed, and suffered another round of killing, with heavy casualties. In the end, Yang Peng rode back to the mountain. The Shinra siege troops, who had suffered heavy losses, no longer dared to attack the mountain and hurriedly retreated to the military formation. Marcel counted the losses and found that seven or eight thousand people had been lost, so he hurried to report back to Catherine. Catherine couldn't help but sigh: "It's really impossible to be careless for a while to fight with the Ming Army!" ”

Loew asked for orders to go on the offensive. Catherine shook her head and said, "No." The morale of our army has been frustrated, so let's retreat to the barracks to rest. ”

The horn of the retreating army sounded loudly, and the HRE army retreated back to the camp like a tidal tide at low tide.

Huyan Chijin couldn't help but say with infinite admiration: "Your Majesty is brave and invincible, and the enemy has been repulsed!" ”

Yang Peng looked at the retreating enemy army, frowned and muttered: "I don't know why, I feel very awkward in today's battle!" Huyan Chijin and Shi Ping didn't know what they meant at all, and looked at each other.

Yang Peng didn't see Yan Ji and asked, "Where is Yan Ji?" ”

Shi Ping immediately replied: "Niangniang was still there just now, and when she saw that Her Majesty had returned, she went to the big tent." Yang Peng smiled and hurriedly ran towards the big tent.

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