In June of the third year of Xianping, the Khitan led more than 50,000 troops from Jinyang led by Xiao Tianzuo. The Volcano Army led by Yang Yanzhao and Yang Dezheng guarded Yanmen Pass. Mrs. She was discussing with Lin Qing'er in the official hall.
Yang Yanzhao’s affairs,
"Dad, please don't force the child. The child is willing to live and die with you." "Dad, if we die, we will die together." "..."
Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui both looked down upon death. Yang Gui was an orphan adopted by Yang Yanzhao when he was in Zhengzhou. Yang Yanzhao also needed comfort at that time. Yang Gui was smart and studious, so the two of them stayed in Zhengzhou for ten years.
Yang Yanzhao was taciturn when he was young. As a child, he liked to play games such as military formations. Yang Ye once said: "This son is like me." Every time Yang Ye went on an expedition, he would always let him follow the army. During the Taiping Xingguo Period (976-983)
Year), Yang Yanzhao was by-elected as an enshrinement officer. When Yang Ye led the army to attack Ying and Shuozhou, Yang Yanzhao served as the vanguard of the army and fought under the city of Shuozhou. He was shot through the arm by random arrows, but he became more courageous as he fought. The imperial court sent him
As deputy envoy of Chongyi, he was appointed magistrate of Jingzhou. At that time, the Yangtze and Huaihe areas were hit by disasters and the harvests were poor. The imperial court appointed him as the inspector of Jiang and Huainan. He was also appointed as envoy of Chongyi, Zhi Dingyuan Army, and transferred to Baozhou as the inspector of edge and border areas.
Entrusted with important responsibilities is like an envoy from the capital.
Princess Chai was the daughter of Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. After Song Taizu established the Song Dynasty, he recognized Princess Chai as his adopted daughter because he and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty were friends for eight worships. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, led Princess Chai to the border for hunting and was captured by the Liao Dynasty.
The general was captured. Yang Yanzhao passed by Tongtai and rescued the King of Song and the princess. Fu Dingkui, the son of the minister Fu Long, was also coming. The King of Song mistakenly thought it was Fu who rescued him, so he betrothed the princess to him. The princess admired Yanzhao's beauty;
He gave a poem to convey his meaning and a pearl shirt as a gift. Yanzhao returned to the capital and asked the Eight Sages for advice. The Eight Sages and the new champion Lu Mengzheng deciphered the meaning of the poem and reported it to the King of Song. The King of Song insisted that Ding Kui rescued him, so the princess asked
In the Golden Palace, we can distinguish the true from the false. So, Yang Jiye and Fu Long each led their sons to the palace. Lu Meng ordered Yan Zhao and Ding Kui to explain the rescue process face to face, and the truth came out. The King of Song declared: According to the instructions of the late king, the person who obtains the princess's pearl shirt will be the county.
Ma Yanzhao immediately offered up his pearl shirt because he rescued his horse at Tongtaiguan. He was granted the title Baolinghou, commanded the left and right golden spear squads of the front division of the palace, and married Princess Chai.
During the Song-Liao War, during the Battle of Jinshatan, Yang Liulang and his other brothers went to Jinshatan for negotiations. During the negotiations, King Tianqing, the wolf lord of the North (the prototype was Emperor Yelvxian of Liao Tianzan), saw through Dalang Yanping's disguise as Song Taizong.
Ordered the war. Yang Ye calmly divided into three groups to respond. On the left, he was led by Dalang Yang Yanping, Erlang Yang Yanding, and Sanlang Yang Yan'an. In the middle, he was led by his father Yang Ye, Liulang Yang Yanzhao, and Seventh Lang Yang Yansi. On the right, he was led by Fourth Lang Yang Yanhui and Fifth Lang Yang Yande.
He led the Yang family's army to fight hard to kill the enemy. Yang Yanping shot and killed King Tianqing, but the Liao army increased sharply, and all three groups of Yang's army were scattered, and they could not see each other. Only Liulang broke out of the encirclement and returned to the country alone to fight.
There is a verse about seven sons going away and six sons returning.
Yang Jiye's son Yang Qilang once competed in the ring and killed Pan Bao, the imperial master Pan Renmei's son. Yang Jiye was the vanguard and led the army to fight against the Liao Dynasty. Pan Renmei avenged his personal revenge but failed to respond, causing Yang Jiye to crash to death in front of Li Ling's monument. Pan Renmei also secretly killed Yang Jiye.
Qi Lang and Yang Liu Lang escaped from the encirclement with a narrow escape, and sued Pan Renmei after returning to the court. However, the lawsuit was not successful because the emperor Song Taizong's beloved concubine was Pan Renmei's daughter. Finally, Kou Zhun was asked to help, and Kou Zhun used the theory of ghosts and gods to sue Pan Renmei.
Coaxed Pan Renmei to tell the truth. In the end, because the queen begged for Pan Renmei, Pan Renmei was not beheaded, but was sent to the army. Yang Liulang refused to accept the result, and with the help of Kou Zhun, finally beheaded Pan Renmei in the black pine forest.
He was killed to avenge his father and brothers. Song Taizong ordered the arrest of Yang Liulang to no avail.
Yang Liulang has been hiding in Zhengzhou for ten years. Now Yang Gui is one year older than Yang Dezheng, but Yang Dezheng has always regarded himself as the eldest brother, so Yang Gui also calls Yang Dezheng his eldest brother. For this matter, Yang Dezheng was beaten by Yang Yanzhao
I tried many times, but to no avail.
Yang Yanzhao was so angry that he picked up the knife from the ground and said fiercely: "Since you brothers are unwilling to do it, then I, the father, will do it myself." Yang Dezheng and Yang Gui were startled, and both stepped forward and grabbed Yang Yanzhao's hand.
Arm. "Dad, I agreed, I agreed to go for a sneak attack." "I agreed, I agreed."
The two spoke almost at the same time. After speaking, they both looked at each other in surprise. Yang Dezheng turned to persuade Yang Gui and said: "Brother, you go and be responsible for the sneak attack. I will accompany dad here. I will help dad guard Yanmen Pass.
The chance of winning will be better. You can also take this blunderbuss to save your life. This is also a gift from our eldest brother Yang Peng. After this battle, I will take you to Tianjing New City to find our old man.
The ancestors go."
Yang Gui shook his head firmly and no longer hid his injuries. He tore off his armor and revealed the white cloth wrapping the wound. "Brother, I was seriously injured. I took a detour from Yanmen Pass to the back of the Liao army. The road was rugged.
.I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on.”
"Little brother..." "Brother, listen to me. Your life is more useful than my life. You have to think about our eldest brother Yang Peng. Once my father and I die in the battle at Yanmen Pass, with my eldest brother's character, we will definitely be in trouble.
Everything is turned upside down. Our eldest brother, except for listening to a few words from the old lady, he will not listen to anything we say. Only you can stabilize him."
After Yang Gui finished speaking, Yang Dezheng fell into deep thought. Yang Dezheng had to admit that Yang Gui's words made sense. Once Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui died in Yanmen Pass, the Liao army would definitely invade southward. In addition, there was also Sichuan in the Song Dynasty.
The Li people and others rebelled. Under this situation, Yang Peng, in a rage, would inevitably start a bloody storm. In the entire Yang family, the person who knew Yang Peng best was Yang Dezheng.
He believed that Yang Dezheng had this ability. Yang Dezheng could not imagine the outcome of Yang Peng's bloody turmoil. However, he could imagine that once war broke out in the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains would always be the ones to suffer the most.
The people are innocent. We cannot let the people fall into dire straits just because of the selfish desires of the Yang family. "Okay! I promise to go for a sneak attack." When Yang Dezheng said these words, the bones in his body seemed to have been drained, and he was helpless.
He collapsed on the ground. Yang Gui, stay here and be sure to keep an eye on your father.
Yang Yanzhao put away the dagger, patted Yang Dezheng's shoulder happily, and told Yang Gui: "Go down quickly and prepare, pick a thousand good hands, and pick some fast horses, pack your bags, and set off at any time." Yang Gui said nothing.
, turned around and went out to get ready. Yang Yanzhao picked up Yang Dezheng, who was lying on the ground, and made him sit on a chair.
Yang Yanzhao took off the tiger skin coat he was wearing and put it on Yang Dezheng. "It's cold outside and you have to run around day and night. Put it on to make it warmer." Yang Yanzhao's tiger skin coat belongs to Yang Yanzhao.
My favorite thing. The coat is made of a complete piece of tiger skin, without an arrow hole on it.
Veteran hunters all know that the value of a hide lies in its integrity. The price of a complete hide is far higher than that of a scarred hide. Yang Yanzhao’s tiger skin is even more precious. It is
Yang Erlang hunted it with his own hands when he was young.
At that time, Yang Erlang was still a bit brave. Relying on his own strength, he fought with a tiger with his bare hands and killed the tiger alive. Yang Erlang almost died in the tiger's mouth. When Yang Erlang held the tiger skin to present the treasure to Yang Ye,
At that time, Yang Ye hung him up and whipped him for a day and a night. Yang Yeming severely punished Yang Erlang in front of him.
Secretly, he ordered Mrs. She to make a tiger skin coat, which he wore like a treasure. He gave it to Liu Lang when he got married. The tiger skin coat was the second brother's filial piety.
This thing cannot be kept. Once Yanmen Pass is breached, this thing will fall into the hands of the Liao people and be ruined. "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Yang Dezheng held on to his tiger fur coat, shoulders hunched, tears streaming down his face. After leaving,
, maybe it is the eternal farewell, how can Yang Dezheng not be sad? "Dad, brother, we are all ready."
Yang Gui took life and death lightly, and was not at all sad about the parting of life and death. He prepared very quickly, and in just a moment, he had prepared everything Yang Dezheng needed for a sneak attack.
Yang Yanzhao stepped forward, hugged Yang Dezheng, and whispered softly in his ear, "Put away your tears, a man will bleed without shedding tears. You must have faith in dad. When he was in the Northern Han Dynasty, he resisted the Liao people for twenty years."
In the Song Dynasty, we resisted the Liao people for another ten years. Dad may not be defeated, but he may be able to turn defeat into victory. The key lies in you."
Yang Yanzhao finished whispering, patted Yang Dezheng's shoulder, and said loudly: "Cheer up." Yang Dezheng nodded heavily. Accompanied by Lao Yang, Yang Dezheng came out of the handsome tent. Outside the handsome tent, a thousand people had already gathered
The elite of the Volcano Army and two thousand horses were all carrying their bags and ready to go.
The soldiers of the Volcano Army only knew that they were all going to carry out secret military orders, but they did not know what this military order meant. Yang Yanzhao strode forward, carefully checked everyone's luggage, and said a few words of encouragement. In front of Yang Yanzhao's eyes,
Here, these soldiers of the Volcano Army, in addition to being warriors for sneak attacks, are also kind of fire.
Once Yang Yanzhao was defeated, they would be the spark for the re-established Volcano Army. Yang Yanzhao encouraged these people for a long time, making these people look more like death squads in the eyes of other soldiers.
"Let's go!" Yang Yanzhao returned to Yang Dezheng and said calmly. Yang Dezheng tried hard to maintain a resolute face, got on the horse, waved the big gun in his hand, and shouted: "Mount the horse! Let's go!"
The elite volcano army consists of one man and two horses.
They rushed out of Yanmen Pass in a mighty manner. In the west of Yanmen Pass, in a mountain valley. Groups of Song soldiers were ambushing here. Judging from their clothes, they looked more like bandits. In order to conceal their identities
, they work hard to turn themselves into people like bandits.
The leader is a middle-aged man with a big beard and a mace in his arms. His name is Sima Kang. "What the hell, it can freeze people to death. I just went out to pee and almost died."
The little birds are frozen." A sly-looking guy wrapped himself tightly in a sheepskin coat, like a big rice dumpling, and lay in the col to bask in the sun.
The other people around him basically had the same moral character as him. Next to him, a man with a short beard and a horse face pulled out a grass root from the ground, rubbed off the dirt on it, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.
, while shouting: "Boss Kang, how long do you think we have to stay on guard? We have robbed and killed more than a dozen batches of scouts and messengers who came out of Yanmen Pass. Will they still send people out to die?"
Sima Kang smoothed his beard and said with a dark face: "The order given by the superiors is for us to stay here and seal Yanmen Pass so that not even a bird can fly out of the pass. We just have to carry out the order.
As for how long we have to stay, it all depends on the orders from above. Anyway, you are indispensable for the payment of this transaction. Don't complain and nag."
"Bah~" The horse-faced man spat out the grassroots in his mouth and said in confusion: "I just don't understand. You said that we and the Yang Family Army both worked for the Song Dynasty. Why did the higher-ups want to harm the Yang Family like this? Blockade
Arriving at Yanmen Pass, they forced the Yang army to fight with the Liao people.
If the Yang family army is killed by the Liao people, the imperial court will investigate. Can we bear it?" "Hehehehe..." The guy with the evil eyebrows curled up and said with a smile: "You don't understand this, this is called heaven.
If it collapses, there will be tall people holding it up. If something really happens, if anyone wants to blame us, we won't be able to blame it."
When the horse-faced man heard this, he became interested. He walked over to the man with the sly eyebrows and asked, "Deputy chief, how do you say this?" The man with the sly eyebrows knocked on the sheepskin blanket on the horse-faced man and said,
Not saying anything. The horse-faced man wisely covered the sheepskin blanket on the sly-looking guy.
The guy with the sly eyebrows gave the horse-faced man a look that said you know the rules, and then said leisurely: "This has to start with the origin of the Yang family. The Yang family was a general who was surrendered by the Northern Han Dynasty. Since they surrendered to the Song Dynasty, they have been
Guarding on the border of Song and Liao. Our Emperor, His Majesty, took a fancy to the Yang family and promoted the Yang family many times. However, other generals guarding on the border of Song and Liao were repeatedly suppressed.
Think about it! How happy are these generals who have been suppressed? Who is the Yang family? They are just surrendered generals. The other generals are either the heroes of the dragon or the founding of the country. These people are not convinced, but they dare not come to us.
His Majesty the Emperor was in trouble, so he could only place his grievances on the Yang family.
Now that I have the opportunity, I will naturally try my best to trick the Yang family to death." The horse-faced man said in shock: "If you trick the Yang family like this, it will be fine if you are discovered."
"Hmph~" The guy with the evil eyebrows snorted coldly and said: "What does this mean? As long as the Yang family is dead. Even if His Majesty the Emperor knows about this, at most he will just find a few scapegoats to make trouble." The horse-faced man
Shocked, "Why is this?" "Why?"
The sinister-looking guy grumbled: "Without the Yang family, the border areas of Song and Liao still have to be guarded by these generals. Compared with the dead Yang family, which one is more important than the living generals? Unless the emperor
Your Majesty no longer wants his empire. Otherwise, he would not dare to fall out with these generals."
The horse-faced man worriedly said: "We used to be errands in the hands of the Pan family, but now the Pan family has collapsed. It seems that no one is supporting us. Once the matter is exposed, will we be treated as scapegoats and thrown out?"
Without saying a word, he stared at the horse-faced man for a long time. When he looked at the horse-faced man and panicked, he slowly said: "Who said there is no one to support us? If there is no one to support us, why are we doing this?
Dry?
The people behind us are much more powerful than the Pan family. As they said, they have moved to the Yang family this time. All of us have taken over the positions of the Yang family. And everyone has been promoted to the third level. Even the salary is better than that of the Pan family.
In the past, it was 30% higher." The horse-faced man was shocked and said: "So powerful? Is that the adult who is supporting us?"
"Yes..." "Liu Hou, shut up, don't say anything you shouldn't say." Just when the sinister-looking guy named Liu Hou was about to reveal who was behind it, Sima Kang shouted loudly.
, stopped him from continuing.
Liu Hou smiled dryly and said to the horse-faced man: "You will know later, don't be so anxious..." "Swish, swish, swish~" At this moment, a figure rushed towards Sima Kang and his party from far away.
Taking a closer look, he saw a thin figure with dead grass tied all over his body, obviously deliberately disguised.
Sima Kang asked eagerly: "Is there something going on?" "A group of people came out of Yanmen Pass..." "How many are there?" "More than a thousand people. And they look like the elite of the Volcano Army."
Sima Kang frowned and said: "We only have more than 400 people here. To rob and kill more than 1,000 elites of the Volcano Army is tantamount to hitting an egg with a stone."
Sima Kang turned around and said to Liu Hou: "Liu Hou, you immediately send someone to contact other people and ask them to gather their troops. We will rob and kill them in Erdaowan." Liu Hou said: "I understand, let's go now."
Sima Kang ordered the scout: "You continue to explore again and report the situation every hour. We will set off now and rush to Erdaowan."
"I understand." After the scout saluted with clasped fists, he left the mountain col and quickly disappeared into the wilderness.
Sima Kang shouted to the people in the mountain col: "Get up one by one and rush to Erdaowan. This time we are facing the elite of the Yang family's volcano army, so we can't be careless." Wow~ After giving the order, it was nothing special at first.
Many people emerged from the mountain col in an instant.
Sima Kang took the lead in mounting the horse hidden under the mountain col, and led his men to Erdaowan. Liu Hou led a dozen soldiers across the mountains for more than ten miles, and found the ambush here.
The second team of people. Then he immediately contacted other people. In half a day, Liu Hou contacted seven waves of people, gathered nearly 4,000 people, and rushed to Erdaowan...
Yang Dezheng led a thousand elite volcano troops out of Yanmen Pass and headed westward at full speed to Erdaowan. If Yang Dezheng wanted to take a detour to attack the Liao army, he had to pass through Erdaowan and turn towards Bald Mountain. Erdaowan
The Bay is the only way for him to pass through, but he doesn't know that someone has already begun to set up a dangerous situation for him in Erdao Bay.
Yang Dezheng didn't think about the way forward at all. He moved forward wholeheartedly, urging his men to hurry up and go as fast as possible. He only knew that if he fought for one more second, the chances of Yang Yanzhao and Yang Gui's survival would increase by one second. Exit
After Yanmen Pass and to the west, there is a flat and wide land.
Yang Dezheng could run wildly without any thought. Since the people he led were all one person and two horses, relatively speaking, the pace would be faster. The cold wind whistled past Yang Si's ears, and he seemed to
I can't feel the pain of the cold wind scratching my face. "Drive~" The whip is whipped on the horse's back, and the horse runs wildly with joy. A thousand people are like a torrent...
When Yang Dezheng rushed to Erdaowan, Yang Qi and Yang Bamei also followed Yang Peng's order to support Yang Yanzhao, and finally arrived at the place where Jinyiwei Yang Jing's men were. A huge basin, surrounded by mountains, the top of which was covered with snow
.There is only one road accessible from outside the mountain into the valley.
In the words of military strategists, this is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to conquer. One man can guard the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. It is difficult for large-scale troops and horses to be effective in this kind of terrain. In the jungles of withered grass and trees on the cliffs on both sides
Inside, there is a person under Yang Jing lurking. These people are like old hunters who have been lurking in the mountains and forests for many years. There is no trace at all. If they don't wake up and pass by, they will come out to salute.
Yang Qi didn't even know there were people lurking on the cliffs on both sides.
Yang Peng smiled and asked Zhang Yan: "Erlang, who is the commander-in-chief of the Liao army? How many Liao troops are there in the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures?" Zhang Yan said: "My younger brother went to visit the prefect of Dingzhou and learned from him that
The commander-in-chief of the Liao army was named Xiao Duoli. He was a member of the royal family and was in his forties. He was brave and good at fighting. There were 80,000 Liao troops in the sixteen states of Yanyun, of which 30,000 were stationed in Yingzhou opposite Cangzhou. Xiao Duoli's second
A strong general, commander-in-chief Zhao Chengfeng. This Zhao Chengfeng is a Han Chinese."
Zhanjin Kingdom said in disbelief: "There are only 80,000 soldiers and horses guarding the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures?" Zhang Yan nodded. Yang Peng thought: "I heard in the capital that the current situation in Liao Kingdom is very bad. Not long ago, Liao Kingdom
The emperor personally commanded an army of 700,000 to attack Xixia! The Liao Kingdom still has an army of 80,000 in the sixteen states of Yanyun, which is somewhat beyond my expectations!"
Duan Zhixian said: "If you say so, isn't now an excellent opportunity to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun?" Yang Peng said mockingly: "The whole court thinks so too. But they still let Gao Hu be the commander-in-chief. Gao Hu is Gao Huaide.
His son is famous for his courageous tactics." The crowd roared, and Duan Zhixian cursed: "Absurd! Are these birdmen all blind? Didn't they see how Gao Hu was defeated before? Why do you still want him to be the commander-in-chief?
Isn’t this the case of meat buns beating dogs and never coming back?”
Everyone laughed. Yang Peng said: "Master Pang said in the court that Gao Hu's defeat was all due to carelessness, and it was not a crime of war." Cheng Shijie sneered: "Being careless and underestimating the enemy led to the annihilation of the entire army, can it be called a crime of non-war? Master Pang clearly understood
You are trying to excuse Gao Hu!" Yang Jiumei sighed, "The government is in the hands of these treacherous ministers. I really don't know when the world will see the light of day?"
Duan Zhixian said loudly: "I will see you when I become the emperor!" Yang Peng said angrily: "Duan Zhixian, shut up!" "Just shut up, that's what I think anyway!" Yang Peng said: "We need to think about something now.
If Gao Hu is defeated again, how will the court react, and what should we do?"
Zhan Jinguo frowned and said: "If Gao Hu is defeated again, the imperial court will probably ask for peace from the Liao Kingdom out of fear!" "Grandma, you are so fucking clueless!" Duan Zhixian couldn't help but cursed. Huyan Chijin
He said: "No matter what the court's response is, I'm afraid we can't do anything!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case!" He said to the crowd: "Everyone should hurry up and train troops to be ready for war at any time." Everyone clasped their fists and agreed.
Yang Peng then told Yang Jiumei: "Expand the scale of the ordnance field and give me full power to produce ordnance and armor. I hope to form a heavy armored force of 5,000 people within two months! There are also three bows and crossbows for me.
I worked hard to make it!" Yang Ying frowned and said: "There is no problem, but with such large-scale production, I'm afraid I can't hide it from the court!"
Yang Peng said: "I will handle this aspect. You just need to speed up the production of ordnance and armor for me!" "Yes!" "Zhang Xiang, Yang Xiong, and Shi Ping," the three of them stood up. "You three are responsible for recruiting troops. I
I will expand the total strength of my men to 54,000 men within two months!" The three of them promised with fists clasped.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.