As night fell, Yang Peng was very happy and very surprised that the Khitan army wasted a whole day without attacking. Based on his understanding of Ye Qi Guanyin, she should have launched the attack again around noon, but why did she not attack at this moment?
There was no movement at all? Yang Peng stood on the city wall and looked at the Khitan army's camp in the distance, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Meng Hu ran up the city wall to Yang Peng's side, clasped his fists and said, "King Yan, the gunpowder traps have been laid out, and the suicide squads are ready."
Yang Peng asked: "What do you think the Khitan army is doing now?" Meng Hu glanced at the Khitan army camp with lights in the distance and said, "They should be preparing for an attack." Yang Peng nodded and sighed.
He sighed and said, "Let's go." Then he turned around and walked towards the bottom of the city wall, and Meng Hu followed.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded outside the city, and then the sound of horse hooves ran up the hillside and ran into the gap. It was a scout of Yan Yun Army who came back. Yang Peng came down from the city wall, and the scout ran straight to Yang Peng.
Near Peng, he reined in his horse, turned over and jumped down, ran to Yang Peng, knelt down and said: "This is to inform King Yan, the Khitan army is retreating quietly!"
Yang Peng and others were greatly surprised. Yang Peng asked in disbelief: "You said retreat?" "Yes, the Khitan army is retreating secretly!" "Did you see it wrong?" The scout said: "I definitely didn't see it.
Wrong, my subordinates saw that they first evacuated the baggage supplies and the wounded, and then groups of infantry left the camp and retreated north!"
Yang Peng and Meng Hu looked at each other, and Meng Hu couldn't help but said: "This is too strange! The situation at hand is very beneficial to the Khitan people, but why did they retreat? Even if they retreat, why bother to be sneaky? With the current situation of our army, it is impossible to make a surprise attack.
They!" Yang Peng thought for a moment and said: "If the retreat is true, then they are so sneaky just because they don't want us to find out. If we don't find out, then we may not take correct measures, such as voluntarily abandoning Yanmen Pass.
"Smiled, "Guanyin did not forget to use her strategy at this time!" Then he frowned, "But, why did they retreat? Is their retreat true or false?"
Meng Hu asked: "King Yan, what should we do? Should we continue to evacuate Yanmen Pass?" Yang Peng shook his head, "Such a thing happened, the evacuation operation has been temporarily stopped." Turning to Meng Hu, he said: "Send someone to tell Princess Yelu.
, temporarily stop retreating and stand by where you are." Meng Hu responded and ran down.
The night passed and the day dawned. The early morning mist lingered around Yanmen Pass, making the Yanmen Pass look like an illusion and a real place, like a fairyland. Yeqi Guanyin immediately looked at Yanmen Pass in the distance from a hill next to the camp.
The garrison at Yanmen Pass was well prepared and everything was as usual, which made her feel quite disappointed. She originally estimated that after the fierce battle in the Liao Kingdom yesterday, the Yanyun Army would most likely abandon Yanmen Pass and retreat southward, but she did not expect that her judgment would be wrong.
Ye Qi Guanyin sighed, "Yan Yun's army has not withdrawn to the north, and Yanmen Pass cannot be taken back." The general next to him, West, said: "We can't take it back today, but in the future, we will definitely be able to take it back!" Ye Qi Guanyin smiled bitterly.
After a while, he thought for a moment and said to West: "Go and send a message to King Yan that I want to see him." West agreed and urged his horses to run towards Yanmen Pass.
Not long after, Yang Peng rode out of Yanmen Pass alone. He saw Ye Guanyin riding alone on the wasteland between the two armies, looming in the mist. She really looked like a fairy. Yang Peng couldn't help but feel
Secretly amazed, Yang Peng rode his horse to the front of Yeyi Guanyin and said with a smile: "Guanyin..." Yeyi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng infatuatedly, then raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "You won again!" Yang Peng
He chuckled, "Actually, I almost lost, if you didn't suddenly withdraw your troops!" "Humph, it's good to know!"
Yang Peng smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect you to actually create a cannon. One mistake and I almost lost everything!" He glanced at Ye Qi Guanyin and said, "You've done a really good job of keeping secrets! I actually didn't know you until I met you.
I just discovered this after I pushed the cannon out!" Ye Qian Guanyin smiled proudly, and glanced at Yang Peng with her beautiful eyes, "When dealing with a character like you, naturally you have to be careful in everything!"
Yang Peng chuckled, "Can you tell me how you made the cannon?" Ye Qi Guanyin smoothed her hair on her temples, looked at Yang Peng, and said teasingly: "Maybe it was the people from your ordnance field who leaked it to me.
Ours." Yang Peng smiled and shook his head, "Since you said that, it definitely didn't come from me!" Ye Qi Guanyin squinted her eyes and said, "Maybe I did this on purpose so that you would not be suspicious.
Yeah!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Maybe." Seeing that Yang Peng's expression remained unmoved, Ye Qi Guanyin said angrily: "You know that I want to disturb your mind, so you wouldn't pretend to be shocked.
What? Damn man!"
Yang Peng showed a very shocked look: "Really?" Yedi Guanyin chuckled and said happily: "That's pretty much it!" Then he sighed and said quietly: "It would be great if the two of us could be like this forever.
!”
Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Ye Qi Guanyin looked at Yang Peng and said categorically: "One day I will destroy Yan Yun and capture you!" Yang Peng laughed and said teasingly: "Others are conquering the world.
For the sake of power, Ye Guanyin fights for the world but for men. I am really flattered!" Ye Guanyin stared at Yang Peng and said fiercely: "That's it! If I can't capture you in this life, I will never rest in peace!" Yang Peng touched it.
He touched his nose and said, "Do you hate me, or do you love me?" "Both." Yang Peng chuckled.
"What about you? Why are you fighting against me, the Liao Kingdom?" Ye Di Guanyin looked at Yang Peng with great concern. Yang Peng's heart moved, and he looked into Ye Di Guanyin's eyes and said affectionately: "I am fighting for someone.
Woman! I will destroy the Liao Kingdom and capture this woman to be my wife!" Ye Qi Guanyin's beautiful eyes trembled, looking very emotional. The two just looked at each other, neither one said a word, and their hearts were filled with slowness.
Slowly merging, the wind blew gently, blowing the hair of Ye Qi Guanyin.
After a while, Ye Qi Guanyin turned to look at the sky in the distance, and said faintly: "If such a day comes, I will take off this armor and devote myself to being a good wife!" Yang Peng couldn't help but feel shocked.
Ye Qi Guanyin turned her head and looked at Chen Xiao, "Okay, we have to break up again!" Yang Peng felt reluctance in his heart and couldn't help but sigh. Ye Qi Guanyin gently pinched the horse's belly with her legs,
The horse walked slowly to Yang Peng's side, and Ye Guanyin suddenly reached over and kissed Yang Peng's lips. Yang Peng was stunned for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, he only heard a giggle, and the fragrant wind had spread.
Already.
Ye Qi Guanyin suddenly turned the horse's head and galloped away into the distance, saying loudly: "Goodbye! Take care of yourself, you are my man, you can't die in the hands of others!" Yang Peng smiled,
He raised his voice and said, "Take care of yourself too! Don't forget, you are my woman!" Ye Qi Guanyin laughed, and her figure quickly moved away, and soon she could no longer see clearly.
Yang Peng calmed down, reined up his horse, and rushed back to Yanmen Pass. Later that day, the scouts came to report that all the Khitan troops had withdrawn. Yang Peng still couldn't figure out why the Khitan troops suddenly retreated, but no matter
Anyway, this is definitely a good thing for our side.
"It's really strange. The situation is favorable to the Khitan army, but why did it suddenly retreat?" Yelu Hanyu frowned. Yang Peng said: "This incident also puzzles me. But I estimate that it is likely that it happened within the Liao Kingdom.
What's the matter?" Yelu Hanyu glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "I heard that Guanyin met with the elder brother when he left. Didn't the elder brother take the opportunity to ask?"
Yang Peng held Yelu Hanyu's delicate hand and joked: "Why do I seem to smell a smell of vinegar?" Yelu Hanyu pulled his hand back and hummed: "I'm just jealous, so don't touch me!"
Looking at Han Yu, "You haven't answered my question yet?" Yang Erya on the side said: "I think it may be difficult for the elder brother to ask." Yelu Hanyu frowned and thought for a moment, looked at Yang Peng and sneered: "
You are so considerate!"
Yang Peng naturally knew why Yelu Hanyu, who had always been wise, suddenly became so angry. After all, she and Yelu Guanyin had a close relationship. This hatred could never be eliminated in this life. Yang Peng sighed and held his hand.
Yelu Hanyu's delicate hands said, "Why are you angry for her? I'm afraid it will never be possible for her and me in this life!"
Yelu Hanyu thought of the relationship between Yanyun and the Liao Kingdom, and the displeasure in her heart suddenly disappeared without a trace, replaced by a pitiful mood. She felt that Yeqi Guanyin was really pitiful compared to herself. Love
If you fall in love with an enemy, there will probably be no results in this life. You will have to suffer the pain of lovesickness for the rest of your life without being able to let it go. Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but sigh, looked at Yang Peng, and said angrily: "You man
It’s really hateful and it’s really harmful to people!”
Yang Jiumei smiled and said: "I remember someone said that the eldest brother is the 'male demon who harms women all over the world'!" Yang Erya laughed out loud, and Yang Peng smiled awkwardly. Yelu Hanyu rolled his eyes at Yang Peng.
, "Yes! This sentence is so right!"
The four of them chatted for a while, and Yang Peng suddenly frowned, "Now the crisis here at Yanmen Pass has been resolved, but we don't know what the situation is like on the other side of Hedong, Henan, and Lianghuai?" The three women couldn't help but worry. They had not been there for many days.
From the military reports coming from those three places, I don’t know what the situation is now. Yang Peng frowned and said, “I want to rush to Hedong!” He glanced at the three women and said, “Little sister Yelu is in charge here. Sister Ninth,
Yang Erya, you guys will help little sister Yelu!" The three girls frowned and nodded. The four of them were silent. They were all thinking about the battle situation in the other three directions. Although they had confidence in their own soldiers, they still felt in their hearts.
It's hard to feel at ease.
At this moment, Wang Kai led a veteran officer in, clasped his fists and said: "Master, General Yang Dezheng's messenger has arrived." Yang Peng and others turned around and saw the officer. The officer immediately knelt down on one knee.
He cupped his fists and said, "I pay my respects to my master and my ladies!" Then he untied the bamboo tube on his back and raised his hands high.
Yelu Hanyu stepped forward and picked up the bamboo tube, then returned and handed it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng took the bamboo tube, opened the seal, poured out a roll of sheepskin, opened it and read it again, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise. He was concentrating on it.
Seeing this scene, Yang Peng's three women immediately felt that the Hedong side must have won the battle. Sure enough, Yang Peng said: "The Xixia army was defeated. The 200,000-strong army on the south road was completely wiped out, and the 200,000-strong army on the north road was also wiped out.
They were severely damaged and returned to Yan'an Prefecture. Suide and Tongzhou were captured by our army. In addition, the governor of Danzhou surrendered!" The three women were overjoyed. Yang Erya said happily: "I was worried just now, but I didn't expect the victory to be announced all of a sudden.
It’s coming! But now that I think about it, I feel that such a result is natural. It would be really strange if we can’t win even though we have invested so many troops!”
Yelu Hanyu said: "Suide, Danzhou, and Tongzhou are all in Hexi. I didn't expect that General Yang Dezheng and the others not only defeated the Xixia people, but also captured the bridgehead in Hexi. It's great!" Everyone nodded, and they all agreed.
His face was filled with joy. Suide is now Suide County in the northern part of Shaanxi Province. It is on the west bank of the Yellow River on the Wuding River, not far from Yinzhou in Xixia. The Khitan army can be sent to the northwest to conquer Xixia, and the Khitan army can be sent to the southwest to conquer the entire Guanzhong.
, the strategic position is very important; Danzhou is hundreds of miles south of Suide, and Tongzhou is located near the big bend of the Yellow River, which is also Dali County under the jurisdiction of Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. Here is a dagger inserted into Shaanxi,
The strategic location is also very important.
Yang Peng asked the officer: "How did you defeat the Xixia people?"
The officer then narrated what happened. It turned out that Yang Dezheng used a trick to lure the main force of more than 200,000 troops on the southern front of Xixia across the Yellow River. Then he led the Xuanjia Army from the Kingdom of Zhan Jin to penetrate behind the enemy's rear and breach the ferry in one fell swoop.
On the pontoon bridge on the river, they immediately sent their troops to attack the Xixia rear army's baggage, beheaded the Suqian enemy troops, and burned countless baggage bags. The enemy troops were panicked after hearing the above battle reports from the rear, and hurriedly returned to the army. At this moment, Yang Dezheng personally commanded the army.
Launching a full-scale attack, the cavalry first rushed the retreating Xixia people to pieces. Just as the Xixia people were struggling to resist, hundreds of thousands of infantry swarmed in and charged and killed them! The Xixia army could no longer resist.
Unable to hold on, the entire army collapsed. The Yanyun army pursued them all the way to the bank of the Yellow River and surrounded the remaining 100,000 Xixia regiments. Seeing that the situation was over, the Xixia people surrendered. Unfortunately, the Xixia prince Li Bingchang took a small boat with a leaf.
Crossed the Yellow River.
Immediately, Yang Dezheng ordered the army to build several pontoon bridges, and then the army crossed the Yellow River. Taking advantage of the great victory, Tongzhou was captured in one fell swoop. Then he divided his troops and went north to prepare to cooperate with Liu Gao to defeat the Xixia North Road army. The Xixia commander received the urgent report and hurriedly
After retreating, Fan Long took advantage of the situation and crossed the Yellow River. He won three battles and three victories. The Xixia army suffered heavy losses and was defeated like a mountain. More than 100,000 remaining soldiers retreated into Yan'an Prefecture.
Liu Zhitong, the governor of Dan Prefecture, was a loser. He used to be the prefect of the Song Dynasty. He took refuge with the Khitans when the Khitans came. Later, he took refuge with Xixia without hesitation. Now seeing that Yan Yun's army was overwhelming, he immediately killed Xixia without saying a word.
The supervisory army sent to Tongzhou raised Yanyun's flag and sent people to convey their loyalty to Yanyun's army, so Danzhou fell without a fight.
Now Yang Dezheng, Fan Long and others have stopped marching and are waiting for Yang Peng's order. Yang Peng wrote a letter, stamped it with the seal of King Yan, sealed it and gave it to the messenger, saying: "First give it to General Fan Long, and then
From General Liu Gao to General Yang Dezheng!" The messenger took the letter with both hands, responded, and ran down.
Yang Peng took a long breath and said with a smile, "Okay! The thing I was most worried about has finally been solved!" Then he cursed angrily: "****** If the imperial court hadn't stabbed me in the back, this would have happened.
We can take back all of northern Shaanxi in one go!" Yang Erya and Yang Jiumei showed puzzled expressions, and Yelu Hanyu asked: "Is the eldest brother sending an order in his heart to Fan Long and Yang Dezheng to divide his troops to support the south?" Yang Peng nodded,
"This time the Song army came to attack in a large scale, and it was led by several famous generals. Although there is no news now, I'm afraid the situation is very pessimistic!" The three women nodded in sympathy, and they couldn't help but frown.
Fan Long and Yang Dezheng received Yang Peng's order and immediately followed Yang Peng's instructions and divided the 6th, 7th and 8th legions to go south to support them. The three legions, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, marched south day and night. At the same time, Yang Peng had already arrived.
In Tianjing New City, after learning that Yang Yanzhao had defeated the Song army that attacked Henan, the worries here were put down. Now only the situation in Huainan was left. Yang Peng did not want to wait eagerly for the news in Tianjing New City, and was ready to rush
Go to Huainan.
At this moment, Han Bing finally sent a military report from Huainan. Yang Peng received the military report and couldn't wait to read it. After receiving the military report, Yang Peng continued to rush to Yangzhou. He traveled day and night, and arrived a few days later.
Entered Yangzhou City.
When Han Bing and others received the news that King Yan was coming, they quickly dropped what they were doing and hurried back to the government office. When they arrived at the lobby of the government office, they saw Yang Peng standing in the lobby with his back to the door. Everyone hurried forward to pay homage: "Meet Yan."
King!" Yang Peng turned around with a smile on his face, "You don't have to be polite!" Everyone straightened up. Yang Peng said: "Everyone, sit down." Everyone thanked them and then sat on the left and right according to their respective military ranks.
Come down.
Yang Peng sat down, glanced at everyone, looked at Han Bing and smiled, then smiled and said to everyone: "I received your good news when I was in Tianjing New City. It was really a surprise. I didn't expect that things in Huainan would turn out like this.
Solved! I was originally worried about whether Huainan or even the two Huaihe Rivers could be defended!"
Everyone smiled, and Cheng Shijie said in admiration: "Thanks to my sister-in-law for strategizing! If it weren't for my sister-in-law's counterintuitive trick, the situation at this moment would have been very bad!" Everyone praised. Yang Peng looked at Han Bing with a very serious look on his face.
Gentle. Han Bing smiled and said: "Thank you everyone. If it weren't for everyone's concerted efforts, I wouldn't have been able to do anything!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "Han Bing is right. It's everyone's credit for being able to save the day this time."
!" Everyone smiled.
Yang Peng looked at Han Bing, "Han Bing, the letter you gave me only gave a rough outline, what was the specific process?" Han Bing organized his thoughts and then explained what happened: "Actually, the first person and I
When the legionnaires first arrived in Huainan, the situation was still very unfavorable. The Song army had strong troops and continuous support. What is even more worrying is that Gao Hu and Cao Jun are both famous generals who are good at fighting, wise and brave!" After a pause, "The whole
The turning point of the war was when the imperial court replaced Gao Hu and Cao Jun. Gao Hu was replaced by Cao Jun. Cao Jun was replaced by Wang Qinruo's cronies. Huh, these guys are good at flattering others. How can they know the way of fighting? "
"The person who succeeded Gao Hu was Sun Jin, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council of the imperial court. This man arrogantly believed that he could defeat our army in one battle, so the whole army came out to attack the city. When our army saw this, they took advantage of the plan and resisted with a small number of troops.
, while sneaking out of the city from the east gate with the main force at night, and taking advantage of the enemy's attack on the city again, the main force suddenly rushed out from the flanks to attack the central army's formation. The enemy army could not withstand it, and Sun Jin actually ran away first when he saw that the situation was not good.
, taking over, the whole army collapsed instantly. At this time, the defenders in our city took the opportunity to rush out of the city gate and cooperated with the troops outside the city to attack the enemy. The enemy was no longer able to recover and was defeated like a mountain. Our army pursued and killed them.
On the banks of the Yangtze River, half of the prisoners and half of the prisoners were annihilated, and the 200,000 enemy troops besieging Yangzhou were completely wiped out!"
Yang Peng smiled and nodded. Han Bing continued: "As for the enemy troops besieging Haozhou, the situation was similar. After the two main enemy forces were wiped out, the remaining enemy troops became frightened and fled back to the south of the Yangtze River.
, all the states and counties previously taken away by them were immediately recovered."
Yang Peng asked: "So, we now have hundreds of thousands of prisoners of the Song Army?" Han Bing nodded, "There are 250,000 to 60,000, detained in Haozhou and Yangzhou respectively, with special military guards. How can these people
I need my brother to show me how to deal with it."
Yang Peng looked thoughtful and looked up at Han Bing, "The imperial court has suffered such a huge defeat. Is there any reaction?" Han Bing shook his head, "There is no reaction yet, but I think the imperial court is in chaos at this moment.
"Everyone laughed.
Han Bing is right, the imperial court is indeed in chaos at this moment. For the monarchs and ministers of Bianjing, the experience these days can be described as a roller coaster. First, their own troops were overwhelming, and the monarchs and ministers thought that
The liberation of the Huaihe River was just around the corner and I was extremely excited. However, suddenly, the situation reversed. Both of our main armies were completely wiped out. This was like a bolt from the blue to the emperor and ministers, and everyone was like a lamb frightened by thunder.
, panicked and overwhelmed.
What happened after all? Let’s look at the breakdown next time.