During the ten days that I recorded, the Khitan army unexpectedly did not launch any attack or challenge. The military camp was very quiet, and I don’t know what their plan was. Yang Peng was worried whether Ye Qi Guanyin had been found.
The generals were immediately invited to discuss what kind of path could bypass Yanmen Pass and climb over the mountains. Yang Erya was then ordered to take people to the surrounding villages and towns to inspect the paths in the mountains. At the same time, he sent cavalry to patrol along the southern edge of the mountains and set up observation posts at some commanding heights.
In order to detect emergencies as soon as possible.
However, after several days of busy work, although no abnormality was found, Yang Erya, who went to the private sector to investigate the route, also found nothing. This made Yang Peng feel a little baffled, but he still did not dare to take it lightly.
At almost the same time, more than a hundred heavy carts covered with black tarpaulins slowly entered the Khitan army camp. The Khitan army was escorted by heavy troops, and it was obvious that they were very concerned about these carts covered with tarpaulins.
More than a hundred carts were pushed to the school field in front of the big tent. At this time, Ye Qi Guanyin and all the generals under his command had already arrived at the school field.
The Khitan who escorted the cart came to Yegai Guanyin, performed a chest-pressing ceremony, and said: "Princess, everything has been transported!" Yegai Guanyin walked to a cart and ordered: "Open it.
!” The general immediately stepped forward in person, lifted up the tarpaulin, and revealed a dark iron pipe, which turned out to be Yang Peng’s important weapon, a cannon!
Ye Qi Guanyin nodded excitedly, "Very good! They finally lived up to my expectations and succeeded! Very good!" Turning to the general, he asked: "Have all these cannons been tried?"
The general said: "Reporting to the princess, some of them have been tried, but the other part has not been tested in time!" Ye Qi Guanyin hurriedly asked: "How is the power?" "Although the power is slightly different from Yan Yun's, it is similar, which is very amazing.
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General Xiao Hunu said excitedly: "Your Majesty, we have this kind of sharp weapon, it will not be difficult to break through Yanmen Pass!" All the generals agreed one after another, looking very excited. West suddenly said: "Yanmen Pass, the terrain is dangerous, even if
Even if it is broken, it is not easy to break in, not to mention that the officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army are all brave and good at fighting!"
Everyone was poured cold water on their heads, their excitement subsided, and they couldn't help but frown. They all knew that what West said was true, and it was the truth. Even if the city wall was broken, it definitely did not mean the victory of the war.
, I'm afraid this is the beginning of a more brutal battle! Everyone seems to have seen the tragic scene of the armies of both sides fighting desperately and bloody battles at the gap, and their hearts can't help but tremble. I really don't know how many people will be lost in this battle. Everyone present
How many of the generals can survive?!
But Ye Qi Guanyin said calmly: "As warriors, wouldn't it be a worthy death for us to die on the battlefield?" The hearts of the generals were shocked, and boundless fighting spirit surged in their hearts!
Early the next morning, the Khitan army, which had been silent for many days, suddenly came out in full force. The sound of horns filled the sky and the earth, making the birds and animals within dozens of miles frantic and restless. Yang Peng and others hurried to the city wall and faced them.
Looking outside the city, I saw half a million Khitan troops slowly coming up like a tide, with banners like clouds and swords and guns like forests, a ferocious killing scene!
Yang Jing said loudly: "It's really weird! Why does that bad woman suddenly want to fight for her life?" Everyone was also very surprised.
The Khitan army came to a stop five hundred steps ahead, and then a hundred artillery pieces were launched from a military formation at the front. Yang Peng and others were shocked when they saw such a scene. They never expected that the Khitan army would have
Cannon?! What a surprise!
"Cannons?! How come the Khitan army has cannons?" Meng Hu exclaimed in shock. Yang Peng frowned and said, "Now is not the time to pursue this issue! Immediately pass the order, leaving a few people to observe the enemy's movements, and the rest immediately retreat
Get off the city wall!" Yan Yunjun immediately took action, and within a short while, all the soldiers who were originally densely packed on the city wall left the city wall, leaving only a few observation posts.
As soon as Yan Yun's army withdrew the city wall, a loud rumble like thunder came from the distance. Then, the ground shook and the mountains shook. The crackling sound on the city wall was deafening. The soldiers hiding behind could only feel the rustling of countless stone chips.
It kept falling. Yang Jiumei frowned and said: "I didn't expect that the Khitan people also had cannons. If I had known this, I shouldn't have transferred the cannons to Hedong!" Hundreds of cannons from the Yanyun Army were originally stored in Taiyuan, preparing to defend the city.
Later, after Yang Peng led his army and Guo Tongli Yingwai to capture Yanmen Pass in one fell swoop, Yang Peng believed that Yanmen Pass was naturally dangerous and there was no need to use artillery to defend it, so he ordered all the cannons in Bingzhou to be transported to the east of the river to resist the Xixia people's attack.
Attack. Who would have thought that the Khitans would launch cannons? If our own cannons were mounted high on the city wall, they would have a huge advantage in range, and the enemy's artillery would not be able to exert its power.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "This is indeed beyond my expectation! The Khitans actually made a cannon!?" Yelu Hanyu said: "This is not surprising. Since we can do it, they can also do it.
Come out! Hey, we were a little careless!" At this time, the Khitans fired another volley, and a deafening loud noise came. The voices were immediately covered up, and they could not be heard clearly at all.
After this round of loud noises, Yelu Hanyu looked up at the wall and said: "Listen to the sound, the other party is concentrating fire on the left and right sides of the city gate." Yang Peng nodded and said with a wry smile: "The way we did it, they
You've all learned how to do it!" Then he frowned and said, "The northern city wall has not been specially reinforced and cannot withstand the continuous bombardment of artillery. I'm afraid it won't be long before they blast a gap!" Then an order was passed to all the troops.
Be prepared for battle, and specifically order Yang Jing and Meng Hu to lead 10,000 infantry troops to stand by near the two city walls that were concentratedly bombarded by enemy artillery.
After all, the Khitan's artillery was not as powerful as the Yanyun Army's. They bombarded the city wall for a whole day. Although it caused serious damage to the city wall, it failed to breach the city wall.
In Xixiang and Xixia, the roar that lasted all day suddenly fell silent. The officers and soldiers of the Yanyun Army only felt their heads suddenly loosen up, and they felt a sense of discomfort.
An observation post staggered down from the city wall, came to Yang Peng, clasped his fists and said: "King Yan, the enemy has retreated."
Yang Peng immediately ran up the city wall, followed by the generals.
When they came to the city wall and looked outside the city, they saw that the Khitan army was retreating. At this moment, Yang Jing's cry suddenly came: "Hey, dear, this place is about to collapse!" Everyone immediately followed the sound and saw that they were not far away.
The city wall here has been shattered and intertwined, and a large area of the wall has collapsed on the outside. It is crumbling as if it will collapse at any time. Everyone can't help but change their color slightly. Everyone's eyes can't help but look to the other side of the city gate.
I saw that there was a wall on the other side that was in a similar condition to this one. It was trembling, and walls were constantly falling off the city wall, making loud crashing noises.
Meng Hu said puzzledly: "It's really weird. It will collapse after a few more bombardments, but why did it stop bombing?"
Yelu Hanyu glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting dark. It's very inconvenient to attack in the dark, so she suspended the attack!"
Early the next morning, the Khitan army began to bombard the city wall again, which continued until noon. Suddenly, with a loud noise like the earth was shattering, a wall on the left side of the city gate collapsed. Immediately afterwards, the wall on the right side of the city gate collapsed.
One of the walls also collapsed.
The Khitan army's bombardment immediately stopped. Yang Peng and others realized that the enemy was about to attack. Yang Peng immediately ordered Meng Hu and Yang Jing to prepare to block the gap. He ordered Jiao Ting to lead the archers to climb the city wall and ordered the other armies to wait for orders not to move rashly. Orders
After the announcement, Yan Yun's army immediately took action. Meng Hu and Yang Jing each led 10,000 infantry troops to the gap and lined up to wait. Jiao Ting led the crossbowmen to climb the city wall and prepared to shoot. He stood on the city wall.
In Jiaoting, tens of thousands of enemy troops were divided into two groups and surged toward the two gaps. There were also fifty or sixty thousand warriors accompanying them on the two wings. The smoke and dust were swirling, and the ground was shaking.
After a while, the enemy army entered the range of the crossbowmen. Jiao Ting ordered the crossbowmen to fire a volley. Tens of thousands of crossbows were fired, and the arrows rushed towards the enemy like locusts. Then they saw the khaki wave.
It caused many ripples. The Khitan army roared, charged at full speed, surged up the hillside, rushed up the slope formed by the collapsed wall, rushed into the city gate, and crashed into the Yanyun army's defense line. The two sides fought fiercely; at the same time,
The crossbowmen who followed suddenly shot at the city wall, and arrows flew over the city wall. Many Yanyun Army soldiers were shot to the ground. The Yanyun Army crossbowmen had no choice but to turn around and shoot at the Khitan Army crossbowmen outside the city.
,As a result, the pressure on the Khitan army's assault force was suddenly reduced.
At this moment, the Khitan army's second wave of attacking troops launched another attack. They ran up the hillside carrying siege ladders and under the cover of crossbowmen, put ladders on top of the city, and then began to attack the city.
Yanyun's army kept shooting and throwing rolling stones and wood. The Khitan army charged hard but could not rush forward. One by one, they were shot down by arrows or were knocked down by rolling stones and wood. Suddenly there was a loud click and a group of soldiers fell down.
The ladder was broken by the heavy wood, and the Khitan soldiers on it fell violently. On the other side, several Yanyun soldiers raised a ladder with hooks and sickles, and then shouted and pushed it out with all their strength.
The ladder turned over backwards, and the Khitan soldiers on it screamed and fell down one after another.
At this time, the battle at the gap was also in full swing. The two sides had fallen into a state of melee. The Khitan army rushed to kill like crazy, while the Yanyun army risked their lives to resist. There were wild beast-like roars and shrill screams, and blood was flying all over the sky.
Soldiers from both sides fell into a pool of blood one after another. Yang Jing was already red-eyed, wielding a pair of axes and slashed wildly in the crowd, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere. However, the Khitan army was also red-eyed and was completely gone.
Fear kept coming up one after another.
Just when the two sides were fighting inextricably, the Khitan army actually retreated a cannon not far from the city gate, adjusted it and then fired a cannon at the city gate. Amidst the loud noise, the city saw
The door completely collapsed!
The powerful Khitan army general West roared and immediately led 10,000 iron pagodas and 20,000 light cavalry into the city gate. As soon as he entered the city gate, he met the formation-breaking cavalry led by Huyan Chijin. Both sides were heavily armored cavalry.
Then a fierce battle broke out near the city gate. The armor was clanging, the swords were as bright as snow, the axes and maces were flying, and they hit the armor with clanging sounds and sparks flying. Amidst the neighing of the war horses, each of the cavalrymen fell on their backs!
At this moment, Huyan Chijin suddenly led the formation-breaking cavalry to retreat. Before the Khitan army could react, they found countless heavy-armored Mo Dao troops rushing towards them, and their expressions changed! West immediately understood Yan
The purpose of the Yun army was not to block their own side with their formation-breaking cavalry, but to slow down their own side so that the Mo Dao army could come and fight! Before this idea could be finished, Yan Yun Mo Dao army waved his hand.
Mo Dao came in to kill! They advanced together, the sword light was like a wall. The Khitan cavalry, which had lost its speed, was very disadvantageous. Wherever the sword light passed, all the men and horses were seen broken into pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere!
West became furious and led his army to attack fiercely. The Khitan army moved forward bravely at Tiefutu, swinging their battle axes to kill the Mo Dao army. The Mo Dao army continued to suffer casualties; however, the Mo Dao army's formation was not chaotic and they still moved forward resolutely.
Advancing, the swords and spears were so sharp that they killed the Khitan soldiers and made them fall off their backs!
The Khitan army finally couldn't resist and retreated.
Mo Dao's army did not pursue them, and immediately gave way to both sides. Almost at the same time, the sound of turbulent horse hooves sounded, and Yang Gui led 10,000 warriors to rush out of the city gate like a whirlwind to pursue the enemy. West's warriors were shocked.
There was chaos next, but fortunately Yeqi Guanyin was prepared in advance, but when Yang Gui led his war cavalry to rush out of the city gate, five thousand war cavalry rushed out from each side to intercept and kill Yang Gui's troops. Yang Gui had no choice but to
Abandoning the pursuit and fighting the enemy, the two sides fought a fierce battle, with no winner or loser. Yan Yun's army took the initiative to retreat into the city gate. Then many infantry troops brought stone door panels and other debris to block the city gate.
The crisis here has been resolved, but the battle at the two gaps has become more dangerous. Both sides have killed mountains of corpses and blood has flowed into channels, but the Khitan army still shows no sign of retreat and continues to add troops to the gaps; Yan Yun
The army could only keep adding more troops, and the two gaps were like two huge meat grinders, constantly devouring soldiers on both sides.
The bloody battle continued into the evening without any signs of stopping, and continued from evening until the early morning of the next day.
The bloody battle finally came to a halt, and the exhausted Khitan army finally suspended its attack. Under the early morning sunshine, I saw a shocking mountain of corpses on and on both sides of the two gaps. The gap was originally only more than two meters high, but at this moment it was at least
Four meters high! The Khitan army paid a heavy price in order to breach the city, while the Yanyun army also suffered heavy casualties in order to resist the enemy's attack.
Yang Jing was sitting on the big bluestone under the eaves, panting. He threw two axes aside. The two axes seemed to have been soaked in red paint. They were so red that people were frightened. Yang Jing's whole body seemed to have been transformed from red paint.
It's like being fished out of blood.
Yang Peng walked up to Yang Jing, squatted down, and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured?" Yang Jing shook his head and looked at Yang Peng with bloodshot eyes, "*****
*, this is such a good killing, my grandma is so happy! These Khitan people are also ****** heroes, my hands are too weak!"
Yang Peng patted Yang Jing on the shoulder, "Hurry up and take a good rest, the war will start again soon!" Yang Jing nodded, leaned on the door panel and closed his eyes.
Yang Peng stood up and looked around. He saw thousands of soldiers covered in blood staggering around and resting on the spot. Everyone was so exhausted that they couldn't care less about the blood all over their bodies.
At this time, in the Khitan army's tent, all the Khitan army generals looked depressed. Hu Nu frowned and said: "We fought bloody battles for a day and a night, but we got nothing!"
Ye Qi Guanyin asked: "How much did our army lose?" Dalan came out and said: "A rough calculation shows that our army has more than 20,000 killed and more than 20,000 wounded, with a total casualty of about 50,000; Yan Yun's army
The casualties on all sides are estimated to be few!" Xiao Qianbuli frowned and said: "The Yanyun Army resisted desperately. Although the city wall has been blasted, it is still not easy to occupy Yanmen Pass! I don't think the Yanyun Army can fight against it.
They will never give up if they are all gone! And if the Yanyun Army is all gone, we will lose at least 300,000 men and horses! Alas, after this battle..."
Yeqi Guanyin said categorically: "This battle must be fought to the end!" The generals were shocked. Yeqi Guanyin glanced at the generals and said: "The Yanyun Army has no retreat, and we also have no retreat! No matter how great the losses in this battle are,
, we all must defeat the Yanyun Army! We will definitely be able to defeat the Yanyun Army!" Ye Qi Guanyin's firm words gave the generals endless confidence.
Ye Qi Guanyin thought: "We can't give Yan Yun's army a chance to breathe. Although our army is working hard, they are working hard too!" He raised his head and said, "The armies will rest for noon and then continue to attack!" All the generals agreed in unison, and every time
Everyone can't help but feel desperate in their hearts, and when it comes to fighting for this, they can only do their best.
An officer hurried into the tent and reported: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy is here!" Ye Qi Guanyin frowned, "Imperial envoy? What are the imperial envoys doing here at this time?" Then he led the generals out.
welcome.
The sight returned to Yanmen Pass. Yang Peng was discussing military affairs with the generals. Yang Peng said: "We won't be able to hold on for long if we remain trapped! I decided to take the initiative to attack!"
Yelu Hanyu frowned and said: "Ye Qi Guanyin's strategy is not inferior to that of my eldest brother. I know my eldest brother very well. I will definitely be able to predict that my eldest brother may launch a surprise attack. I will definitely be prepared. I am afraid that the gain will outweigh the loss of the attack!" Yang Jiumei clicked.
He nodded, "Princess Yelu is right!" Meng Hu and Jiao Ting nodded.
Yelu Hanyu said: "It is difficult to hold on here. I think we should retreat to Bingzhou, which is more conducive to defense." Yang Peng frowned and said: "If we abandon Yanmen Pass today, it will be difficult to take it back in the future!"
Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "It would be good if we can defend Yanmen Pass with all the direct troops. If we can't defend Yanmen Pass with all our troops, what will be the situation in Shanxi? Shanxi will inevitably be undefendable, and the entire Shanxi and even Henan will fall.
It has fallen into the hands of the enemy! Brother, this matter is of great importance, so you must not take any chances!"
Yang Peng felt that Yelu Hanyu's words made sense, but he was really unwilling to give up on Yanmen Pass. He frowned and said, "I wonder what the situation is like on the east side of Hedong? If only the Xixia people had been defeated!" He raised his head.
He glanced at the generals and said, "You all should share your opinions."
Meng Hu and Jiao Ting both said: "The general thinks that what Mrs. Yelu said is absolutely true!" Yang Jiumei also said: "Princess Yelu is right. We really shouldn't bet on this. If we win, the profit will not be very big, but if we lose, the consequences will be great."
It's unimaginable!" Yang Erya nodded and agreed. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel moved. Yang Jing said angrily: "I think it's better to kill out!" Yelu Hanyu said angrily: "You stupid cow, except
You know how to chop with an axe, but you don't know anything else!" Yang Jing chuckled, "As long as you understand, I won't worry about that! Anyway, you can do whatever you want, and I, Yang Jing, will just follow!
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Everyone smiled, Yang Peng glanced at Yang Gui, Huyan Chijin, "Why don't you two talk?" Yang Gui clasped his fists and said, "The last general is stupid and dare not talk nonsense. Anyway, King Yan has a destiny, and the last general is careful.
Just obey." Huyan Chijin clasped his fists with a smile and said: "The two of us are just like Yang Jing. We don't have any strategy, so we won't show our shame. We just obey orders!"
Yang Peng smiled and thought about it. Everyone was looking at Yang Peng. No one said anything. All that needed to be said was said. Now it’s up to King Yan’s decision. Yang Peng sighed, “Young sister Yelu is right, this matter cannot be done.”
Bet, give up Yanmen Pass."
All the generals agreed in unison. Retreating is not a simple matter. You have to arrange the order and the rear. The officers and soldiers are making preparations for the retreat. No one speaks, and there is no smile on everyone's face.
Retreating under such circumstances made them feel as if they had been defeated by the Khitan army, and the atmosphere in the entire city was very depressing. Seeing such a scene, Yang Peng sighed in his heart, but had no choice but to suddenly feel: He was getting older, and it seemed that
Without the original vigor, it seems that there are more worries. I shook my head with a wry smile. Nowadays, with such a big plate, I have to be cautious!
The wounded and logistical equipment were the first to retreat. Yang Peng ordered Yelu Hanyu, Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya to take the lead. In fact, his arrangement was selfish and he wanted them to leave the dangerous place as soon as possible.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.