As the southernmost border city on the territory of Liang State, Heding City is far higher than other cities, but no matter how high the wall of Heding City is, only relying on the three hundred defenders in the city, how can it stop the northward trend of Ashan's crossbow expedition to the east.

After Yan Jingyao and others were all killed in battle, Zhang Shi, who now has the highest rank of guard officer in the city, wanted to drag it until Ye Baiye's army arrived, but with Yang Qinan's sentence "If you surrender in Kaicheng, you can avoid death, if you resist, the city will be destroyed and slaughtered!" "Completely defeated by the psychological defense, Kaesong surrendered.

With the complete destruction of Heding City, the army of Ashan crossbow was like thunder, and won the three cities of Yinbiao, Zhenping and Yunyang without blood in one day, so far, Jingzhou of Liang completely fell and all fell into the hands of Liao. At this time, Ye Baiye's 50,000 army had just crossed the border of Yizhou and arrived at the border.

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Qingyang City, the capital of Liang State, Emperor Wu of Liang sat on the dragon chair, his face was gloomy, and the civil and military officials standing in front of him were all silent, and now Ye Baiye was ordered to rush to the aid of Heding City in Jingzhou, and Zhu Wang also led the army to the border fortification to prevent Yan and Chu from taking advantage of the chaos to attack.

Feng Jingquan held the battle report from the front line in his hand, and sneered: "This Yan Jingyao, as Cao Bo's old department, remembered the old feelings, led his subordinates to take the initiative to attack, generously went to the death, and fought out the 3,000 Eastern Army of Ashan Crossbow with less than 5,000 men, and his courage is commendable." If I remember correctly, Cao Bo's 100,000 army only replaced the 3,000 men and horses of the Liao State, right? It seems that I have a lot of talents in Daliang, hmph, 5,000 Heding defenders, worth Cao Bo's 100,000 army! What do the secretaries think, how about the pillars of such a country should be given a nickname? ”

Above the main hall, there was silence.

It is also thanks to the absence of the two generals Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye, otherwise the two of them would have suffered a lot in the face of such a question.

Seeing that no one answered, Jiang Qing took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that although Yan Jingyao's troops have fought out 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao army, Ah Shanxuan, Yang Qinan and others are unscathed, and the Eastern Army did not hurt its roots, but because this person was greedy for merit and rash advances, causing Heding City to fall too quickly, and General Ye's army was too late to help, so that the entire Jingzhou fell into the hands of the enemy. ”

Although this is inappropriate, but now the Jiangqing family in the middle of the dynasty is dominant, and who dares to disobey the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty! Emperor Wu of Liang saw that no one was different, nodded and agreed: "What the Taishi said is reasonable, so do what the Taishi wants." ”

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Changqing City is located on the border of Yizhou, only fifty miles away from Yunyang City in Jingzhou, and now Ye Baiye's 50,000 troops have arrived, and they are discussing how to deal with the invasion of the Liao army.

Ye Baiye, as one of the four generals of the Liang State in the past, although he did not have the same brilliant military exploits as Li Jian, he was also a first-class famous general, with many capable people, and he was very good at defending the city, and only brought a small half of the private army on this trip, and the number was worth 50,000 people, but for defending Changqing City, Ye Baiye was still confident, but if he wanted to recapture the four cities of Jingzhou with these 50,000 horses, Ye Baiye was not too sure.

At this moment, Ye Baiye gathered all his soldiers and gathered together, and the deputy general Xu Caiyong asked: "General, according to the news from the front, in addition to the 4,700 people of Yan Jingyao's department who were all killed in battle, the defenders of the three cities of Yinbiao, Zhenping, and Yunyang all surrendered and rebelled. ”

Ye Baiye only said one word lightly: "Wait." ”

Not only Xu Caiyong, but the rest of the soldiers were also confused, but Ye Baiye seemed to be mysterious and kept silent.

If it weren't for Ye Baiye's trickery, according to the original plan, 50,000 troops rushed to aid Heding City, even if the Liao State sent 60,000 troops, Ye Baiye still had great confidence to defend Heding City, if Ah Shan's crossbow was desperate, Ye Baiye was more than seventy percent sure that he would cooperate with the follow-up reinforcements to leave these 60,000 people outside Heding City. It's a pity that by mistake, Yan Jingyao, who has always been mediocre, took the initiative to lead his troops to attack on the premise that he had received the holy decree, resulting in the early loss of Heding City, and the defection of the remaining three city guards caused the entire Jingzhou to become the bag of Ashan's crossbow. Ye Baiye's original battle plan was completely disrupted, and now the army is gathered in Changqing City, whether to fight or defend, Ye Baiye does not dare to speculate on the holy will, so he can only stand by and wait for the next holy decree.

There is also a reason why this is not enough for outsiders, that is, Ye Baiye is afraid of following in the footsteps of Cao Bo, for the infamous general of the Liao State to conquer the east, Ye Baiye is really not sure to defeat the opponent under the premise of inferior troops, and can only hope for follow-up reinforcements.

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Jingzhou Yunyang City, the Liao army soldiers entered the main one without blood, in one day after a drum down the three cities, now the Liao army is high, but the body is exhausted, A Shan crossbow did not choose to be greedy for merit, ordered his soldiers to take turns to rest.

At this moment, the father and son of Ah Shanxuan and Yang Qinan, together with the two generals Zhang Yuankang and Ma Juquan, plus a Li Mixian who rushed here from Shengyun City after receiving the good news, the five of them gathered on the upper floor of Yunyang City and looked at the north from afar.

Ah Shan's crossbow patted the carefully fired wall tiles and sighed: "It is said that the Central Plains is rich, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation." A Yunyang City, the city wall is so strong, it is much stronger than Shengyun City, the capital of my Liao Kingdom. ”

Li Mixian said with a smile: "Now that the general has taken down the four cities of Jingzhou in one go, and made great contributions for His Majesty, even if this Yunyang City is rewarded to the general as a fief, if the general can go further, and then fight Yizhou and Liangzhou, all the way to Liang Guoqingyang City, do you still need to envy the richness of the Central Plains?" ”

Ah Shan's crossbow waved his hand and said: "Eating the king's luck, being loyal to the king, killing the enemy on the battlefield, and making meritorious contributions are the responsibilities of this general, how dare you ask for any reward again." ”

Li Mixian smiled slightly, and said: "Everyone here is your own family, you might as well have something to say, according to reliable information, now Changqing City has gathered Liang general Ye Baiye and his 50,000 elite soldiers, Your Majesty in order to help the general go north, specially ordered to increase the number of troops from the country by 20,000, plus the rebels of the Liang State, now our army has a total of 90,000 soldiers, in the face of 50,000 Liang soldiers fifty miles away, whether to fight or stop, can be decided by several generals. ”

Zhang Yuankang and Ma Juquan glanced at each other, the two of them were mediocre and incompetent, and the reason why they were able to sit firmly in the position of the four powerful generals of the Liao State was only because of the large number of soldiers under his lineage, coupled with Li Mixian's secret support in the past few years, he did not dare to sit on an equal footing with A Shanxuan in his official position. Now take this opportunity to follow Ashan's crossbow to the east of the army to the north to conquer Liang, just in the rear waving the flag and shouting, do some icing on the cake, monstrous military achievements at your fingertips, as long as you save your life, then the king will worship the prime minister, who cares about the two of them going north this time to do nothing, both agree to continue to attack the city.

For the careful thinking of the two, the other three know it well, and they don't break it. Ah Shan said in a deep voice: "War, of course we have to fight, only 50,000 Liang troops, how can we stop my army from going north, but after defeating Changqing City, what should I do?" After all, Liang Guo is known as a million heroes, and I am only 150,000 soldiers in Daliao, and when the time comes, the army of Liang Guo will be dispatched, even if only half of the troops are sent, it will definitely not be something we can contend with, dare to ask Mr. Do you have a countermeasure? ”

Li Mi first rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Then it depends on whether those two fellow disciples can help me Da Liao, I believe that with that person's vision, he will definitely not give up such an excellent opportunity." ”

Several people discussed when to attack the city, Zhang Yuankang and Ma Juquan as foils, quite self-aware, so they retired first, Ah Shanxuan still had doubts in his heart, so he asked Yang Qinan to rest first, and he left Li Mixian alone.

Now that there were only two people left on the city tower, Ah Shanxuan took the lead in speaking: "Mr. Li, why did Your Majesty send another 20,000 soldiers and horses?" Now there are only 70,000 soldiers left in the DPRK and China, is it inappropriate? ”

Li Mi replied first: "Don't be too careful, the reason why the troops are increased is just a helpless move that seems to be the icing on the cake. Among the four generals of the Liao State, only Your Excellency is loyal, dedicated to the country, at the beginning, taking advantage of the absence of the general in the court, forcing the palace Hongjiang, it is the strong support of the remaining three, and now the new king has deployed three thousand guards to the general to command, in the entire Shengyun City, only one lonely person in Yunxi in his district, in addition to a good cultivation, the only one who can rely on is only the general on the front line! Now the two of you live and die together, if the general wins, they are all happy, if unfortunately defeated, the saint will also be unable to escape death, in the same as the saint, has entrusted his life to the general, the same, also entrusted to my two fellow disciples, as long as Yan and Chu take advantage of this opportunity, the army is pressing, and the Liang country is under the enemy, my Daliao will have an opportunity. ”

Ah Shan's thick eyebrows frowned, and he said in a deep voice: "Sir, this is going to be with you to gamble your life!" ”

Li Mixian said with a smile: "It's always been good luck in gambling, and I can trust the general, in this troubled world, if you want to make a contribution, you can't bet hard." ”

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After three days of rest, the 90,000 Liao army continued northward, while Li Mixian returned to Shengyun City alone. In his own words: "In the next scribe, it is better to stay in the rear and strategize than to be reduced to military merit on the front line, and besides, I, Li Mixian, am not in the court, whether it is Ou Yunxi or Gong Changping, I will not feel at ease." ”

As Li Mixian expected, when the Liao army took the four cities of Jingzhou without blood, Yan and Chu also sent their own troops to encircle and suppress Yongzhou from both sides, compared to the brave and good fighting A Shan crossbow, Sikong Li and Baili Jin are more soldiers like gods, and the soldiers under their command are even stronger and stronger, although Zhu Wang personally led the army to resist the enemy, but the two fists are difficult to defeat the four hands, and the two-pronged approach, Zhu Wang is tired of coping, and was defeated and retreated, the three cities of Yongzhou were all broken in five days, and the soldiers of Liang died and wounded more than 80,000 people, and the war losses of Yan and Chu were less than 30,000.