As soon as the messenger saw Zhang Xiaochun, he immediately saluted and said urgently: "Sir, the Yanyun Army suddenly came out of Chengtian Army Stronghold. The three military strongholds our army deployed on the front line have all fallen. Now only Pingding City is left.
We are still holding on! There are only 40,000 troops in the city, please send reinforcements quickly!"
Zhang Xiaochun was shocked, "Wha, what? The Yanyun Army suddenly left the Chengtian Army Stronghold? How is this possible? Previous intelligence showed that there was no sign of the Yanyun Army mobilizing in the direction of the Chengtian Army Stronghold!" "That's the fact!
Now that peace is at stake, sir, send reinforcements quickly!"
Zhang Xiaochun said angrily: "How can I send soldiers and horses in Bingzhou City!" The messenger was anxious, "What should we do?" Zhang Xiaochun thought for a while, "For the current plan, we can only send a message to Xijing Road and the Generalissimo.
, please ask Xijing Road or the Generalissimo to send troops to support!" As soon as he finished speaking, an officer rushed in anxiously and reported in a panic: "It's not good, sir, Yanmen Pass has been lost!" Zhang Xiaochun and the courier were shocked, Zhang Xiaochun said
He yelled: "How is this possible? There are ten thousand soldiers and horses guarding Yanmen Pass, and they are in the hinterland of our country. How can Yan Yun's army not be able to fly!?"
His eyes turned back to Pingding City. Night had fallen, and the city quickly became quiet. Countless torches were lit on the city walls on all sides, illuminating the area near the city wall as if it were daytime. Gan Buli patrolled the city wall, thinking about Yan Yun.
measures that the military may take.
At the same time, many officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army were busy outside the city, busy digging tunnels. The entrance to the tunnel was in a woods in the southwest corner of Pingding City. It was about 500 meters away from the city wall, which was the closest.
There are no woods any closer. The closer woods have already been cut down by the Khitan army. This was the case in ancient times. Any woods that approach the city will be cleared away, especially in places where there are frequent battles. This is to prevent
The enemy relied on the woods as cover to attack the city.
Xiao Qianbuli inspected all around the city walls, returned to the city administration office, read the report for a while, and then fell asleep.
In the early morning, it was the darkest time of the night. The light of the torches on the city wall seemed to be able to drive away only a small circle of darkness around it. The sergeants on guard were drowsy. Boom...! The earth-shaking loud noise suddenly shattered.
In the silent night sky, the sky shook and the earth shook. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom woke up one after another and looked around in horror. Then they saw fireworks rising into the sky from the southwest corner of the city wall, and faintly saw countless stones and human bodies flying into the sky. The soldiers of the Liao Kingdom were stunned.
, for a moment I couldn’t figure out what terrible thing happened?!
At this moment, there was a loud killing sound, and Yan Yun's army suddenly appeared in the southwest corner, climbed over the city wall that collapsed into a steep slope, and invaded the city.
The Khitan army reacted and hurriedly fought. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides near the gap. The Yanyun army advanced bravely with the Modao army as the vanguard. They just felt that the Khitan army on the battlefield could not resist and was killed and retreated continuously. However, as the gathering force came,
The number of Khitan troops increased, and the battle gradually evolved into a stalemate. Soldiers from both sides roared and fought in the narrow streets, and more and more people fell to the ground. The blood flying in the sky continued to soak the city walls, streets and houses.
Soon after, Xiao Qianbuli rushed to the scene and personally supervised the formation. The morale of the Khitan army was greatly boosted, and the battle became even more fierce!
At this moment, chaotic shouts suddenly came from the direction of the West City, and they vaguely heard something like "Yan Yun's army has invaded." Xiao Qianbuli saw the torches flashing randomly in the West City, and under the light there was a vague
There seemed to be countless people running around. I couldn’t figure out for a moment whether it was our own troops or the Yanyun Army. If it was the Yanyun Army, Xiao Qianbuju would be unbelievable, because there were thousands of people guarding the Yanyun Army.
The army is not a ghost, so how could it be possible that they could attack the city silently?
After a while, a group of broken soldiers were seen running over. Gan Buli was about to ask, but at this moment, the sound of horse hooves rumbled in front, and countless Yanyun warriors came rushing towards him with murderous intent. Gan Buli was shocked and hurriedly led the troops.
The war cavalry around them fought. The war cavalry of both sides collided violently and started a massacre. Yan Yun's war cavalry was so fierce that the Khitan army could no longer resist it and retreated towards the south city gate.
Yanyun's cavalry defeated the enemy's cavalry and did not pursue them. Instead, they slammed into the middle of the Jin army that was blocking the gap. The Khitan army who was fighting fiercely with the Yanyun army in front was suddenly stabbed in the butt.
, there was an immediate chaos. At this time, Yanyun's army attacked fiercely from front to back, killing the Khitan army's corpses with blood and flying to pieces. The Khitan army scattered and fled. Yanyun's army pursued and killed them on all sides.
Xiao Qianbuli ran continuously all night. When it was daytime the next day, when he saw that no pursuers were coming, he couldn't help but be frightened. He reined in his horse, looked at the soldiers around him, and found that only a few hundred cavalry were still following him.
I was extremely melancholy in my heart. I ordered everyone to take a rest, and the soldiers rested on the spot. Many people ran to the stream not far away to drink water in large gulps. No one spoke, and everyone felt very heavy.
The sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance, and everyone became nervous. Then they saw several people wearing Khitan army uniforms coming, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.
When those people came closer, Xiao Qianbuli took the lead. The person who took the lead was Hua Chao, a warrior under his command. Unexpectedly, he escaped. It was a blessing in misfortune! Hua Chao ran to Xiao Qianbuli.
, reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, and paid homage to Xiao Qianbuli. Xiao Qianbuli asked, "Where are the others?" Hua Chao showed resentment, "I'm afraid they all died in the rebellion!" Ganbuli was heart-broken.
He sank down and said, "Didn't Hanon escape?" "No, General Hanon escaped. The general saw him fleeing towards Bingzhou!"
Xiao Qianbuli sighed, "It's really a total loss. Our army of 100,000 people was completely wiped out in just two or three days!" "General, there is no need to worry. When the Generalissimo's army turns back, it will be Yan Yun's army's turn."
What bad luck! Let's see if they can still be so arrogant at that time!" Xiao Qianbuju nodded, "I hope so!" Then he raised his voice and said: "Everyone get on the horse and continue on the road!" Everyone got on the horse and headed south.
Speed away.
After Yang Peng captured Pingding City, he did not launch an attack on the surrounding cities to expand the victory. Instead, he assembled his army on the spot to repair the city walls and accumulate supplies. He seemed to be preparing for long-term defense. Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya led 30,000 direct legion infantrymen.
The officers and soldiers of the army arrived at the Pingding Army escorting a large amount of grain, grass, supplies, artillery and ordnance. Soon after, news came from Zhanjin Kingdom that he had been ordered to pass Yanmen Pass and entered the Xijing Road of Liao Kingdom, and was in the midst of a furious advance.
Brother Ye Qianxiu, who was marching southward, suddenly received an urgent report from the rear. Yan Yun's army suddenly came out of Chengtian Army Stronghold, swept away the three military strongholds on the west side of Taihang Mountain, surrounded Pingding City, and pacified Pingding City.
The city is in danger! Brother Yeganxiu was greatly surprised and immediately summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures.
When the generals heard that the Yanyun Army suddenly came out of the Chengtian Army Stronghold and besieged Pingding City, they immediately started talking. Guo Tong frowned and said, "The Yanyun Army actually moved faster than us!" Han Chang said to Brother Ye Qianxiu:
"Generalissimo, the matter has come to this. I'm afraid we have to cancel the original plan. We must first eliminate the Yanyun Army that invaded the hinterland of our army!" Brother Ye Qianxiu hesitated. He felt that if the Yanyun Army did not have many troops,
If so, maybe we should stick to the original plan. This action of Yan Yun Army may be just an unexpected incident, not a premeditated action. Maybe the Yan Yun Army in Chengtian Army Village discovered our own actions, so we took the initiative to contain our own forces.
!If this is the case, it is undoubtedly correct to stick to the original plan. As long as the plan is implemented smoothly, the Yanyun army will retreat on his own without having to go on a crusade.
Just when Brother Ye Qianxiu was hesitating, another messenger rushed in. He knelt down in a panic and reported: "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, Yanmen Pass has been captured by the Yanyun Xuanjia Army who suddenly appeared!" People present heard this.
These words were startling, Brother Ye Qianxiu stood up suddenly, frowned and said: "Xuanjia Army actually appeared there? If you put it this way, this is not an accidental action, but a carefully planned strategic move by Yanyun!?
"
Before he finished speaking, another messenger rushed in and reported anxiously: "No, Generalissimo, pacify the city, pacify the city..." Because he spoke too hastily, he couldn't catch up.
Brother Ye Qianxiu and others all had a bad premonition in their hearts. Brother Ye Qianxiu stepped forward and asked urgently: "What happened to Pingding City?" The messenger swallowed hard and said urgently: "Pingding City fell.
!" Brother Ye Qianxiu was shocked. After calming down, he frowned and asked: "What is going on? Even if the Yanyun Army from Chengtian Army Village came out in full force, it would be impossible to break through Pingding City in the blink of an eye, right?
!" The messenger said: "King Yan has already arrived at Chengtian Army Stronghold, and it is not only the troops from Chengtian Army Stronghold who are attacking us, there are also hundreds of thousands of war cavalry!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard that so many troops were gathering in the direction of Chengtian Military Stronghold. Guo Tong said in disbelief: "This is incredible! How could the Yanyun Army have so many troops appear in Chengtian Military Stronghold? Yang Peng is also here
Yes, it means that is the main attack direction of Yanyun Army!"
Han Changdao: "Chengtian Army Stronghold originally had 30,000 soldiers of the direct army and 60,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army. Now with the addition of a hundred thousand war cavalry, there are not 200,000 soldiers! This is a big army!
"Brother Ye Qianxiu said angrily: "How dare he concentrate so many troops in the direction of Chengtian Army Stronghold? Aren't you afraid that I will make a desperate move south?" Guo Tongdao said: "I'm afraid Yang Peng expected that we would not dare to make a desperate move! Now the rear area
Being attacked, the morale of the army is in turmoil. If we go south regardless of everything, we can sweep through the Central Plains as we wish. But if something goes wrong, things may become serious!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned tightly. Han Chang said: "Why don't we order the troops on the front line to attack first, and our army of 100,000 people will come back to support us. We should be able to get the best of both worlds."
Brother Ye Qianxiu thought about it and nodded, "This is a good idea, let's do it like this! Immediately send an order to Dalan to act according to the original plan, and an order to Hahun to leave Weizhou and cross the Yellow River immediately. Huh, Yang Peng is desperate to attack my flank, but I want to
Let him regret it!" Brother Ye Qianxiu thought that Yang Peng had transferred a large number of troops to the direction of Chengtian Army Stronghold, so the army in the south must be very weak.
Immediately, Brother Ye Qianxiu ordered his 100,000-strong army to turn around and return to Taiyuan. He was cautious along the way for fear of being ambushed by the Yanyun Army. Soon after, he received news that after the Yanyun Army captured Pingding City, it did not attack Taiyuan.
Instead, the garrison in Pingding City put up a defensive posture. Brother Ye Qianxiu was very suspicious, but he was slightly relieved and ordered the army to garrison in Lutai Mountain to confront Pingding City, which was more than a hundred miles away to the east. He then sent out a large number of scouts.
After investigating every move of the Yan Yun Army, they found nothing unusual. The Yan Yun Army seemed to be planning to hold on to Pingding City, but Brother Ye Qianxiu became even more suspicious.
At this time, military reports came one after another from the south, saying that Harhun forced himself to cross the Yellow River. It went smoothly at first, but after crossing the Yellow River, he was met with a fierce counterattack by an army of more than 100,000 Yanyun. The two sides fought several fierce battles, and the Khitan army finally could not withstand it.
Retreating north across the Yellow River, the army of more than 200,000 lost 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and its morale was greatly frustrated. After entering Xiangzhou, Dalan's 200,000 soldiers and horses who left Huguan were attacked by nearly 300,000 Yanyun.
The two sides fought fiercely, and the two sides fought five battles. The Khitan army was defeated in five battles and retreated into Huguan, with the loss of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Now the main force of the Yanyun army has approached Huguan under the leadership of Han Bing.
Brother Ye Qianxiu was shocked when he received the above-mentioned military report, "What's going on? Why are there so many Yanyun troops? Did they come out of the ground? Didn't they go south for reinforcements?
?" Brother Ye Qianxiu felt an unprecedented crisis. Thinking of the nearly 200,000 Yanyun troops who had pacified the city, if they attacked in large numbers at this moment, he would be overstretched! He felt that the 200,000 Yanyun troops were against him.
With a sharp dagger in his chest, they must be eliminated! With this thought, he came up with a plan and decided to mobilize 100,000 horses from Weizhou and Huguan each to form an army of 300,000 to attack Pingding City.
However, thinking of the terrifying combat power of the Yanyun Army, I felt that 300,000 soldiers and horses were not safe, so I wanted to mobilize another 100,000 warriors from the Xijing Road to form an army of 400,000, and counterattack to pacify the city with a force of two to one. It should be
I am sure. Brother Ye Qianxiu has made up his mind and immediately sends the order.
Xiao Tianzuo, who was left behind on Xijing Road, received the order from Brother Ye Qianxiu to mobilize troops. He was very angry, "I have been messed up by the Yanyun Xuanjia Army, and he actually wants to mobilize troops!" General Xiao Telie said:
"The generalissimo is in command of the nation's troops. Since he has issued an order to mobilize troops, I'm afraid he has to send troops!"
Xiao Tianzuo frowned, "In that case, let Xiao Tianfeng lead a hundred thousand infantry troops to go south for reinforcements." Xiao Telie asked in surprise: "Don't we send cavalry?" Xiao Tianzuo said angrily: "
I don’t have enough cavalry, so how can I send him any extra! One hundred thousand infantry is also one hundred thousand, and he didn’t disobey the military order, so he can’t say anything!”
Reinforcements from the direction of Huguan and Weizhou arrived at Lutai Mountain one after another, leaving only the reinforcements from Xijing Road. One day later, 100,000 reinforcements from Xijing Road also arrived. Brother Ye Ganxiu eagerly hoped that the 100,000 cavalry would come, but he
Unexpectedly, only 100,000 infantry troops arrived. He couldn't help being very angry and questioned Xiao Tianfeng, who was leading the army. Xiao Tianfeng explained: "The Yanyun Xuanjia Army is attacking and destroying everywhere on Zhongjing Road, so His Highness Xiao Tianzuo needs cavalry to chase them.
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"Fart!" Xiao Tianfeng was startled and lowered his head in a hurry. Brother Ye Qianxiu wanted to kill Xiao Tianzuo, but there was nothing he could do about it at this point. He couldn't send back the 100,000 infantry troops and replace them with 100,000 cavalry troops.
Well, how much food and time will be wasted and delayed? Besides, Brother Yeqianxiu thinks that with the current army of 400,000, it should not be a big problem to defeat the 180,000 Yanyun army in pacification. Brother Yeqianxiu suppressed his anger
, "Forget it, it's my fault that I didn't make it clear in the order!" Xiao Tianfeng couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when Brother Ye Qianxiu said this.
A herald rushed in and reported urgently: "Reporting to the Grand Marshal, an army of nearly 300,000 people led by Han Bing is storming Huguan; in addition, an army of 120,000 people led by Yang Yanzhao from Bianjing has forcibly crossed the Yellow River and is on the way.
Attack Weizhou; Yang Dezheng and his 50,000 troops are fighting fiercely with General Sa Lihe!"
Everyone was startled. Guo Tong frowned and said, "The situation is not good!" He glanced at Brother Ye Qianxiu and said, "We must defeat the pacified Yan Yun Army as soon as possible!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu nodded, frowned and said: "Time is running out, we must defeat Yang Peng as soon as possible to relieve our worries!" He raised his head and said in a loud voice: "Send the order to the entire army to march forward, the goal is to be secured!"
The 400,000 Khitan troops moved into action and marched towards Pingding City. A fast horse galloped into Pingding City and rushed towards the government office. Then a scout rushed into the hall and went to the leader who was sitting at the top and looking at a man.
Yang Peng, who had made the report, knelt down and reported: "To the King of Yan, brother Ye Qianxiu's 400,000-strong army is coming towards this direction!"
Yang Peng put down the report in his hand and smiled, "Good luck, I'm waiting for him! Let's explore again!" The scout promised and ran down. Yang Peng picked up the report again and looked at it, frowning.
He couldn't help but murmured: "The war in the south is a bit worrying!" Yang Peng was talking about the war in Huainan. The progress of the war was somewhat different from the previous estimates. The previous estimates were too optimistic. At the beginning of the war, Luzhou fell.
At the critical moment when the Song army was attacking the city, Luzhou Tongpan led his subordinates to mutiny and opened the city gate. The Song army surged in. Only 5,000 Yanyun defenders fought back but it was of no use and they had to give up the Luzhou retreat.
Going to Chuzhou. This incident shows that many people still care about Song Ting. In their hearts, it is orthodox after all.
Yang Peng shook his head and put this matter aside for the time being. No matter how critical the situation over there was, he couldn't control it at the moment. The war with the Khitans was about to begin. If he could win here, even if the two Huaihe Rivers were lost, Yang Peng thought it was still worth it.
But if the war in Shanxi fails to go as planned and another situation arises in the south, then the gain will really outweigh the loss!
At this moment, in Bianjing City, a grand celebration banquet was being held in the main hall. The monarchs and ministers were passing pots and drinking glasses, and it was very lively. They were rejoicing for the successful recovery of Luzhou! Wang Qinruo raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Your Majesty, your majesty
With such illustrious spirit, only the soldiers at the front can sing triumphant songs! Colleagues, let’s toast your Majesty with a glass of wine!” All the ministers raised their glasses one after another, and various voices singing praises came one after another. It was almost said that Zhao Heng surpassed the Emperor of Qin and the Emperor of Han Dynasty.
He even surpassed Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as a peerless saint! Zhao Heng felt elated, as if he was truly a peerless saint! He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
There are some different voices among the people, but the mainstream voices are still happy. They are happy that Master Wang has taken back Luzhou from the rebel hands. Everyone expects more and greater good news to continue to come.
The sight turned back to Pingding. The 400,000 Khitan troops marched more than 20 miles west of Pingding City. The forward cavalry had already met Yanyun's outpost cavalry. They fought fiercely and both sides suffered casualties.
Before evening that day, 400,000 Khitan troops arrived at the foot of Pingding City. The roaring footsteps suddenly stopped, and the world was filled with a chill. Looking from the Pingding City Wall, I could see the battle flags of the Khitan troops fluttering in the wind like clouds. The 400,000 Khitan troops could not be seen under the overwhelming sky.
At the end, the cold light reflected by the swords and guns completely took away the brilliance of the setting sun, and the spring land seemed to be covered with frost and snow! At this time, Pingding City was also hunting with flags and spears, and the whole Pingding City was like a **
******generally!
A Khitan Army general rode his horse to the foot of the city wall and shouted to Yang Peng who was standing on the top of the wall: "The Generalissimo of the Liao Kingdom wants to speak to King Yan!" After saying this, the general turned around.
The horse's head ran back. Immediately, Yang Peng and others saw Brother Ye Qianxiu, who was dressed in golden armor, leaving the military formation and coming between the two armies, supported by several powerful generals.
Yang Peng smiled, picked up the iron horse, and climbed down the city wall. Immediately, the city gate opened and closed, and Yang Peng, dressed in black iron heavy armor, rode out on a divine black dragon colt, carrying the iron horse, and came to Yeqi.
Brother Xiu and others reined in their horses more than ten steps in front of them. Brother Yeqiu and others saw that Yang Peng came to the meeting alone, majestic and majestic, and couldn't help but admire him. Brother Yeqiuxiu saluted Yang Peng and said, "King Yan!
Yang Peng responded with a salute, "Generalissimo!"
Brother Ye Qianxiu put down his right hand and said, "Prince Yan must also know the current situation!"
Yang Peng said with a smile: "What should I know?" Brother Ye Qianxiu frowned slightly, pointed at the endless military formation behind him, and said loudly: "My army of 400,000 has arrived. It will be easy to conquer and pacify Ding City! ...
Yang Peng smiled and said: "In that case, what are you waiting for?" Brother Ye Qianxiu's momentum couldn't help but stagnated, and he thought to himself: Why is he so calm? Is he being mysterious or confident? He should be being mysterious, hum, he thought he could scare me.
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As soon as he thought about this, he regained his proud momentum, "Now the Song army has invaded Huainan in a large scale, and even Luzhou has been lost. It's rare that King Yan can be so calm!" He stared at Yang Peng's face, hoping to see something from his face.
Seeing the other party's emotional fluctuations, he was disappointed. The other party just smiled and could not see any emotional fluctuations at all. Yang Peng smiled and said: "Isn't this good for you?"
Brother Ye Qianxiu didn't like the current atmosphere. He felt as if everything was controlled by his opponent, so he said calmly: "I can be lenient, as long as King Yan takes the initiative to withdraw from Pingding City!"
Yang Peng shook his head. Brother Ye Qianxiu's face darkened, "Don't get me wrong, King Yan, I'm not afraid of you! I just don't want to sacrifice many men and horses in vain! If a war really starts, what do I have to fear? My 400,000 soldiers and horses can defeat it."
The Yanyun Army here!" Brother Ye Qianxiu said with great pride.
Yang Peng smiled and said: "In that case, why do you have to say so much, Generalissimo?" Brother Ye Qianxiu snorted coldly, "As soon as the war started, our army suffered a lot of losses, but your Yan Yun army is probably going to be wiped out.
!" Yang Peng laughed loudly, "If this is the case, I, Yang Peng, will die without regrets!" He glanced at Brother Ye Qianxiu and said, "Brother Ye Qianxiu, you can be considered a hero of the generation, so don't play such little tricks. Think about it.
If you want to take back Pingding City, just rely on your own ability! An army of 400,000, huh, I really don’t take it seriously!"
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.